Andy Spade

Spade was born in Michigan, the middle child in a family of three brothers. His younger brother is actor and comedian David Spade.{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/fashion/alltherage/la-ig-0324-andy-spade-20130323-story.html | title=Andy Spade is old-school cool | last=Tschorn | first=Adam | date=March 23, 2013 | work=Los Angeles Times}} The family moved to Arizona when Andy was six. He attended Arizona State University, where he met his future wife. During college, he and a friend founded the advertising firm Spade & Hannawell, which was named one of Arizona's Top 10 New Companies in 1987.

Spade started his career in advertising, working on brands including Coca-Cola, Lexus, and Paul Stuart.{{cite web |date=June 5, 2018 |title=Kate Spade's Hollywood Family Includes David Spade, Rachel Brosnahan |url=https://www.thewrap.com/kate-spades-hollywood-family-includes-david-spade-rachel-brosnahan/ |access-date=March 4, 2021 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}} He left his job in 1996 to work full-time on the business he and his wife had started.

In 1993, he and his wife founded the fashion and lifestyle brand Kate Spade New York, and in 1999, the men's brand Jack Spade.{{cite web |url=http://www.metropolismag.com/August-2006/Jack-rsquos-Mixed-Bag/ |title=Jack's Mixed Bag |work=Metropolis |last=Hall |first=Peter |access-date=August 23, 2010 |date=August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107105944/http://www.metropolismag.com/August-2006/Jack-rsquos-Mixed-Bag/ |archive-date=November 7, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/92/open_power-couple.html |title=Power Couple |work=Fast Company |last=Tischler |first=Linda |access-date=August 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001132731/http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/92/open_power-couple.html |archive-date=October 1, 2010 |date=March 2005}}{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/09/01/350794/ |title=How We Bagged Our Careers, Pursued Our Passion for Fashion, and Turned a Simple Purse into a Symbol of Style and a Burgeoning Empire |work=CNN Money |last1=Spragins |first1=Ellyn |first2=Kate |last2=Spade |first3=Andy |last3=Spade |access-date=August 23, 2010 |date=September 1, 2003}} Under his leadership, 26 Kate Spade stores were opened in North America and Japan.

In 2013, he launched a collection of loungewear, Sleepy Jones, with Anthony Sperduti and Chad Buri.{{cite web |url=http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/sleepy-jones-ready-for-copy/ |title=Sleepy Jones |work=T |author=Beddie, Alainna Lexie |access-date=April 22, 2013 |date=April 18, 2013}}

In 2008, Spade and Sperduti established Partners & Spade, a creative branding studio and storefront in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. He also produced the feature film Go Get Some Rosemary (2009) and several short films with Red Bucket Films,{{cite web |title=Daddy Longlegs (2009) – Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1426362/fullcredits |website=IMDb |access-date=April 12, 2025}} and has conceived and published several photography and concept books through such imprints as A.S. Books,{{cite book |last=Spade |first=Andy |title=Parking Garage Christmas Decorations |date=2014 |url=https://www.dashwoodbooks.com/pages/books/14710/andy-spade/parking-garage-christmas-decorations |publisher=A.S. Books |access-date=April 12, 2025}} Jack Spade Press,{{cite book |last=Spade |first=Andy |title=61 Days in the Life of an Airport Motel Marquee |date=2006 |url=https://www.dashwoodbooks.com/pages/books/3486/andy-spade/61-days-in-the-life-of-an-airport-motel-marquee |publisher=Jack Spade Press |access-date=April 12, 2025}} and Kate Spade Editions,{{cite book |last1=Spade |first1=Andy |last2=Dye |first2=Alan |title=Dysfunctional Family Album |date=2006 |url=https://www.dashwoodbooks.com/pages/books/3488/andy-spade-alan-dye/dysfunctional-family-album |publisher=Kate Spade Editions |access-date=April 12, 2025}} as well as independently.{{cite book |last=Spade |first=Andy |title=Pictures I Wish I Had Taken |url=https://www.dashwoodbooks.com/pages/books/23558/andy-spade/pictures-i-wish-i-had-taken |publisher=Self-published |access-date=April 12, 2025}}

Spade was married to designer Kate Spade (née Brosnahan) from 1994 until her death on June 5, 2018.{{cite news |author1=Eric Levenson |author2=Brynn Gingras |title=Kate Spade, fashion designer, found dead in apparent suicide |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/05/us/kate-spade-dead/index.html |access-date=June 5, 2018 |date=June 5, 2018}} They had one daughter, Frances Beatrix Spade, born in February 2005.{{cite web |date=June 5, 2018 |title=Kate Spade's Frances Valentine collection was named after late designer's daughter |url=http://www.newsweek.com/kate-spade-frances-valentine-daughter-959850 |website=Newsweek |language=en}} Actress Rachel Brosnahan is Spade's niece by marriage.{{cite news |last=Schmidt |first=Ingrid |date=October 13, 2015 |title=Rachel Brosnahan of 'Manhattan' undertakes her own special fashion project |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-rachel-brosnahan-20151011-story.html |access-date=March 15, 2017}}

At the time of Kate's death by suicide, Andy released a statement acknowledging that the couple had been living separately, but close to each other, for the previous ten months, though they were not legally separated. Their daughter, then 13, lived with both of them. The statement said that Kate "suffered from depression and anxiety for many years" but had been seeking medical treatment.{{cite news |last=Carras |first=Christi |date=June 6, 2018 |title=Kate Spade's Husband Issues Statement: She 'Suffered From Depression and Anxiety' |language=en-US |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/kate-spade-husband-death-statement-1202834789/ |access-date=September 11, 2019}}

He was named one of 100 creative business people of 2009 by Fast Company.{{cite web |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/100/2010/22/andy-spade |title=Andy Spade |work=Fast Company |last=Borden |first=Mark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529162401/https://www.fastcompany.com/100/2010/22/andy-spade |archive-date=May 29, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://nymag.com/fashion/10/spring/63806/ |title=The Spades' New Bag |work=New York |author=Larocca, Amy |date=February 10, 2010 |access-date=August 23, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://observer.com/2009/04/andy-spade-is-a-giant-in-new-york/ |title=Andy Spade Is a Giant in New York |work=New York Observer |last=Spencer |first=Morgan |date=April 7, 2009 |access-date=August 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926143258/http://www.observer.com/2009/style/andy-spade-giant-new-york |archive-date=September 26, 2010 |url-status=live}}

He was honored by the CFDA for excellence in design.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

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• [https://www.partnersandspade.com/ Partners & Spade]

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