Designer Kate Spade Has Died in Apparent Suicide

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published 5 June 18

The AP is reporting that fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead Tuesday morning in her New York City apartment. Though information is still coming in, CBS News reports that she was found by her housekeeper, and that her passing looks to be the result of suicide. She was 55.

BREAKING: Law enforcement officials: Fashion designer Kate Spade found dead in New York in apparent suicide.June 5, 2018

Spade was a popular American fashion designer who got her start in the ‘80s and rose to worldwide acclaim for her Kate Spade New York designs.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

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Chloe Metzger is the deputy beauty director at Cosmopolitan, overseeing the editorial content and growth strategy of the hair, makeup, and skin space on digital, while also obsessively writing about the best hair products for every hair type (curly girl here; whattup), and the skincare routines that really, truly work (follow her on Instagram to see behind-the-scenes pics of that magazine life). She brings nearly a decade of writing and editing expertise, and her work has appeared in Allure, Health, Fitness, Marie Claire, StyleCaster, and Parents. She also has an unhealthy adoration for Tom Hanks and would like to please meet him one day, if you could arrange that. Thanks.