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This Spring, we’re celebrating our DNA with the launch of a new assortment of iconic Sam bags—the brand’s original handbag that launched in 1993—reimagined for the next generation: introducing a new mini silhouette and fresh color pops, including seasonal tones like Serenity Blue and Yellow Sesame along with neutrals like White Dove and classic Black. A pioneering style 30 years ago that still screams modernity decades later, Sam debuts alongside new seasonal imagery that pays tribute to our brand’s early ad campaigns, now with a youthful twist. The concept celebrates shared moments with friends on the open road: getting lost, getting found, making memories – and looking great while they’re at it.  

We're introducing a new Sam bag assortment for Spring. And this Vogue headline sums it up well: "Kate Spade New York’s Iconic It Bag Brings the ’90s Aesthetic to the Current Era: Three decades after its launch, the Sam bag has never looked better." Read more about our updated icon in Vogue here: https://lnkd.in/e8JfE_GZ

This International Women’s Day, we’re proud to highlight our Global Fund for Women’s Mental Health. Alongside Panorama Global, and our founding partners Pinterest, Saks Fifth Avenue Foundation, and Mindful Philanthropy, we are announcing our first round of partners.   Kate Spade New York believes that good mental health is a fundamental human right for everyone—and that good mental health is foundational to a woman’s accessing authentic voice, choice, and power. kate spade new york and our social impact programs will reach 250,000 women and girls globally with access to mental health resources by 2030. 

The iconic Kate Spade New York Sam Bag included in The New York Times Style Magazine’s feature on “The 25 Bags and Shoes That Transformed Fashion.” A group of experts consider the accessories from the past 100 years that changed how we carry our things — and ourselves.    “In the early 1990s, Kate Spade, a young accessories editor at Mademoiselle magazine in New York, was on the hunt for a functional, everyday shoulder bag. Having come up short, she built a maquette from construction paper and Scotch tape and named her creation Sam, then produced it in black nylon and introduced it to the industry at a trade show in 1993. Barneys New York placed the first order, and, before long, seemingly every fashionable young Manhattanite owned one. Box-shaped with simple shoulder straps, the bag captured the era’s minimalist aesthetic: Its most identifiable feature was its rectangular, white-on-black Kate Spade label, which the designer stitched on the front rather than the inside. Early adopters included Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, but the tote’s legacy has less to do with celebrities than with women like Spade herself, who’d left her native Missouri in her youth with dreams of making it in New York. For many ambitious Generation Xers, buying a Sam was an important token of adulthood, a sign that they’d arrived,” writes Megan O'Sullivan.    Read the full T Magazine article here: https://lnkd.in/gkzg-uQe

To the one who is by my side year after year. 💖

“The Kate Spade Arms,” our first-ever holiday pub takeover in London debuted for a limited-time weekend pop-up last week. We reimagined a traditional British pub and infused it with the brand’s signature charm, while offering customers a celebratory lifestyle experience for the holiday season. And the actress Nicola Coughlan hosted a pub quiz for the opening event! Read more about The Kate Spade Arms in WWD’s coverage here: https://lnkd.in/eSAR9igF And read Nicola's interview with British Vogue here: https://lnkd.in/ewQnW69C

Are you a college student passionate about visual merchandising? Looking to hone your skills with an internship? Keep reading! ⬇ Tapestry is teaming up with WindowsWear to offer three students paid summer internships at our global house of iconic brands. Visit the WindowsWear site to learn more about the project specifics, application process, and other key details: https://lnkd.in/ewJ73cr One winner will intern with our global visual experience team at kate spade new york next summer. Apply and submit your project before February 28, 2025. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

This holiday season, we're celebrating those who make every moment brighter. To the ones who are always by our side, you're it, girl. Our 2024 Gift Guide debuts with a social-first campaign that brings new meaning to holiday gifting…by shining a light on the real gift in a girl’s life – her best friend. The docu-style campaign, starring Grammy-nominated Singer/Songwriter, Madison Beer, champions the joys, laughs, and support that only a best friend can bring.

We celebrated the grand opening of our newly renovated Ginza flagship store last week in Tokyo. The multi-story space, which is the latest rollout of our new store concept, is inspired by elements of both uptown and downtown New York—a nod to our heritage and the sophistication and creativity that are signature to kate spade. Wood tones, wallcoverings and gold accents complement our brand’s signature color palette of green, black and cream, with touches of pink and red sprinkled throughout. A residential feel is layered in through eclectic decor, rich fabrics and monumental artwork, giving both a sense of comfort and charm. We look forward to welcoming you! See more photos of the space and guests at the opening event in Vogue Japan here: https://lnkd.in/e5KBpBjW

The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation (BLHF) and kate spade new york recently announced the third expansion of “SheCare Wellness Pods”—a program that launched in April 2023 to provide frontline mental health care to women on HBCU campuses—with the opening at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina last month. Bennett College was selected to be the third campus following a student led sit-in protest demanding better mental health services on campus. The sit-in protest demonstrated that there was a need for more culturally sensitive resources for the community, such as the “SheCare Wellness Pods.” The on-campus mental health pod opened at Bennett College—one of two all-female HBCUs in the country—last month, and for the first time in the program, the Pod services will expand beyond campus to also be available to students from neighboring North Carolina A&T State University, as well as local community groups focused on women in Greensboro. The “SheCare Wellness Pods'' are physical structures that bring mental health access and resources to Black women on HBCU campuses. Each is designed to create an environment that stimulates joy, peace and serenity through intentional design and color selection. The exterior of the Pod features a hand painted mural designed by Greensboro community member and artist, Alyse Watt, in partnership with two Bennett College students, Genesis Almodovar and Trinity Cromwell. The mural design was inspired by wellness and highlights the inherent strength and beauty found in women. Designed to uplift the students, the inclusion of the hashtag #BelleMindsMatter reflects an initiative that emerged from the need for mental health support within the Bennett College community. Learn more about our social impact work here: https://lnkd.in/efAUxA48