????凱特與安迪?絲蓓

????1993年，凱特與她的未婚夫安迪?斯派德共同推出了手提包品牌Kate Spade，當(dāng)時(shí)二人還未正式結(jié)婚。1996年，安迪辭去了他的全職工作，次年二人正式開(kāi)賣(mài)他們的首款男包品牌Jack Spade。1999年，二人以3360萬(wàn)美元的價(jià)格，將公司56%的股權(quán)賣(mài)給了內(nèi)曼馬庫(kù)斯公司。

????當(dāng)事人說(shuō)：“我認(rèn)為我們?cè)缙诜傅囊粋€(gè)錯(cuò)誤，就是在一切我倆獨(dú)處的時(shí)間都要談生意，不管是吃飯、開(kāi)車(chē)、刷牙、睡覺(jué)還是起床的時(shí)候。后來(lái)我們有意地不再那樣做，因?yàn)槟菢訒?huì)耗盡我們的感情?！?002年接受CNN采訪時(shí)，凱特這樣說(shuō)道。

????結(jié)局：2006年，該公司獲得8400萬(wàn)美元的銷(xiāo)售額，同年他們將公司賣(mài)給了麗詩(shī)加邦，現(xiàn)更名為Kate Spade & Company。他們?cè)谠撈放乒ぷ髦?007年。離開(kāi)公司后，安迪又在紐約開(kāi)了一家名叫Partners & Spade的品牌營(yíng)銷(xiāo)公司，而凱特則成了一名全職媽媽。

????Kate and Andy Spade

????Kate wasn’t even officially a Spade when she and then-fiancé Andy nationally launched their iconic handbag line, Kate Spade, in 1993. In 1996, Andy left his full-time job and the next year, the couple sold their first men’s bag in their new line, Jack Spade. In 1999, the couple sold a 56% stake to Neiman Marcus for $33.6 million.

????Telling quote:"I think what we made the mistake of doing early on was taking every opportunity alone to talk about the business, at dinner, driving the car, you know at home brushing your teeth, as you're getting into bed, as you're waking up, and I think we made a conscious effort to not do that because I think it was just, you know, it would burn us out," Kate told CNN in 2002.

????The upshot:In 2006, when the company was pulling in $84 million in sales, they sold to Liz Claiborne, now renamed Kate Spade & Company KATE . They worked at the brand until 2007. After leaving, Andy went on to open Partners & Spade, a New York City-based branding firm, while Kate became an at-home mom.