The Council of Fashion Designers of
America has paid tribute to Kate Spade, who died on Tuesday, calling her
"a great talent who had an immeasurable impact on American fashion".Police said they were investigating her death, at 55, as an apparent suicide.
Spade's family said in a statement that they were "devastated by today's tragedy" and would "miss her terribly". They asked for privacy.
The designer is survived by her husband, Andy Spade, and their teenage daughter, Frances Beatrix.
Spade, a former editor of fashion magazine Mademoiselle, created a fashion sensation in the 1990s with her line of handbags, and built an accessories empire that grew to hundreds of shops internationally.
"Kate Spade had an enviable gift for understanding exactly what women the world over wanted to carry," Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue, said in a statement.
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