kate spade By lylahnorth Dec 24, 1962 Kate Spade was born Kate Spade was born in Kansas City, Missouri. 1985 Moved to Arizona and attended Arizona state Kate spade got a degree in journalism at ASU 1986 Started working for Mademoiselle magazine 1991 Left Mademoiselle 1993 Began Kate Spade Handbags 1994 Kate Spade married Andy Spade 1996 The brand opened its first boutique in Manhattan 1998 The company's annual revenue skyrocketed to $27 Million 1999 Most of the company was sold to the Neiman Marcus Group Feb 18, 2005 Kate spade's only daughter was born 2006 The remainder of the brand was sold 2015 Kate Spade starts Francis Valentine 2016 Francis Valentines first store opened 2017 Coach Inc. acquired Kate Spade for $2.4 billion Jun 5, 2018 Kate Sade was found dead in her Park Avenue apartment