--- title: Kate Spade Honored at Fashion Week With Tribute description: The Kate Spade label paid homage to its late founder with a touching tribute at its first-ever runway show at New York Fashion Week. canonical: https://time.com/5388967/kate-spade-fashion-week-tribute/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-07T17:21:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:43.119Z og:title: Kate Spade Honored at New York Fashion Week Touching Tribute og:description: "She left a little sparkle everywhere she went" og:url: https://time.com/5388967/kate-spade-fashion-week-tribute/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95982905137fb42c/6989399e8fd2ee212a35c901/kate-spade-tribute.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Kate-Spade-Fashion-Week-Tribute og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kate Spade Honored at New York Fashion Week Touching Tribute twitter:description: "She left a little sparkle everywhere she went" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95982905137fb42c/6989399e8fd2ee212a35c901/kate-spade-tribute.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kate Spade Honored at New York Fashion Week With Touching Tribute > Sponsored content. 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Designer Kate Spade attends AOL Build Series to discuss her latest project Frances Valentine at Build Studio on April 28, 2017 in New York City. Andrew Toth/FilmMagic  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 7, 2018 5:21 PM UTC The [Kate Spade label](http://time.com/5304234/kate-spade-personal-style/) paid homage to its [late founder](http://time.com/5301854/kate-spade-dead/) with a touching tribute at its first-ever runway show at [New York Fashion Week](http://time.com/5136293/new-york-fashion-week-models-private-changing-areas/). Spade was found dead of suicide in her New York City apartment on June 5 at the age of 55\. “Kate Spade, the visionary founder of our brand, has passed,” the company said in a [tweet](https://twitter.com/katespadeny/status/1004060289569042432/photo/1) when the news broke. “Our thoughts are with her family at this incredibly heartbreaking time. We honor all the beauty she brought into this world.” > [](https://twitter.com/katespadeny/status/1004060289569042432) Prior to the introduction of new designer Nicola Glass’ spring 2019 line at the New York Public Library on Friday, the brand again honored Spade by leaving an “In loving memory” card on each attendee’s seat that read, “She left a little sparkle everywhere she went.” Glass’ vibrant collection—featuring pastel patent boots and chic feminine silhouettes—seemed well-received by the crowd, which included high-profile guests Priyanka Chopra and Kate Bosworth. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5388967/kate-spade-fashion-week-tribute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5388967/kate-spade-fashion-week-tribute/"},"headline":"Kate Spade Honored at New York Fashion Week With Touching Tribute","datePublished":"2018-09-07T17:21:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:43.119Z","description":"\"She left a little sparkle everywhere she went\"","url":"https://time.com/5388967/kate-spade-fashion-week-tribute/","keywords":["Newsfeed","fashion"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95982905137fb42c/6989399e8fd2ee212a35c901/kate-spade-tribute.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95982905137fb42c/6989399e8fd2ee212a35c901/kate-spade-tribute.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kate-Spade-Fashion-Week-Tribute","caption":"Designer Kate Spade attends AOL Build Series","creditText":"Andrew Toth/FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5388967/kate-spade-fashion-week-tribute/","name":"Kate Spade Honored at New York Fashion Week With Touching Tribute"}}]}] ```