I was preppy, then suddenly switched around age 14. I asked my mother to go to this vintage store, and she let me buy a leopard swing coat, pink cigarette pants, and lime-green gloves. Kate Spade More Quotes by Kate Spade More Quotes From Kate Spade I collect books, a lot of books. Kate Spade book I love lamps. I can't stand overhead lighting. I have to have everything on a dimmer. Kate Spade lighting overhead lamps I hope that people remember me not just as a good businesswoman but as a great friend - and a heck of a lot of fun. Kate Spade good me hope people I work from home a lot. I think I get as much work done at the office as at home, and I'm used to working with people who don't work in the office. I don't really care where they are, even if they're on a banana leaf somewhere. If they deliver their work, I am completely fine. I don't need someone sitting at their desk to produce. Kate Spade i-am work home people I love beauty. Kate Spade i-love beauty love My mother was very good at encouraging me to dress however I wanted to dress. My sisters would sometimes think, 'Oh my God, you let her buy that fuzzy leopard coat at that vintage store?' I thought, of course, I looked like Audrey Hepburn. Kate Spade good me god mother I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything. Kate Spade diamonds jewelry fake funny Before I came to New York, I only had a few pictures of the city in my mind. And you know 'That Girl?' Marlo Thomas jumping with her hat? I always loved that, and I wondered what that double street she crosses is. And it's Park Avenue! And that's what I can see out my window. Kate Spade city you girl mind I like my stationery to be funnier, like, 'Here's my note, and it's an elephant with a lady smoking a cigarette on top.' Kate Spade elephant lady cigarette smoking No one realizes how hard parenthood is. I am not saying going into the office is easy. It's not. But parenthood, as fun as it is, is not for the fainthearted. Kate Spade i-am saying easy fun I find color optimistic and enthusiastic, and I adore it. Kate Spade find optimistic adore color I'm admittedly not that into the Internet. Kate Spade admittedly internet Every time I go to the market, Andy says, 'Don't forget the Triscuits!' Kate Spade market go time forget The idea of recklessly spending money - even though it sounds like it's lots of fun, it's fashion - isn't interesting to me. It is a business. Kate Spade me fashion money business I love Comme des Garcons. I think everything she touches is almost like gold. And she does it so quietly. No branding. Kate Spade everything think gold love Starting at 11, I was a movie-theater popcorn girl, a babysitter, a sales clerk - in the Midwest, they start them early! Kate Spade early start popcorn girl I remember someone once said there is a practical aspect to my designs, and I remember thinking, 'That doesn't sound so creative,' but that is actually the truth. There is a practicality to it. I don't design just to design. There is a reason and, hopefully, an interesting reason behind it - that is where my creativity comes in. Kate Spade creativity truth remember thinking If you're as honest and fair as you can be, not only in business but in life, things will work out. Kate Spade you business work life Sometimes I shoot out of bed like it's a relay race, and I'm on the phone, leaving voice mails. Kate Spade phone voice race sometimes Our family has dinner together every night - you can tell that my daughter wants to run. After dinner, I go up to my room and immediately put on my pajamas. I mean, immediately. I read some things that I haven't read yet, and I jump into bed. Kate Spade you family daughter together
