Preliminary dig on Kate Spade's foundation(s)
pic related.
Highlights are:
The Spades actually sold to Liz Claiborne (now Fifth&Pacific) back in 2008.
This guy Craig Leavitt is a bridge between the spade-era and the new management though they let him go when Coach bought the business.
The foundations trace back to something called the GA Collaborative which is sketchy as fuck.
GA Collaborative is supposedly about architecture so WTF?
Their partners are interdasting too.
need to find out more so please help if interested & post your results.