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The personal style behind Kate Spade’s designs
凱特·斯佩德設(shè)計(jì)背后的個(gè)人風(fēng)格
By Fern Mallis
文/費(fèi)恩·馬利斯
(Time says, Mallis is a former executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America).
（注：馬利斯是美國(guó)時(shí)裝設(shè)計(jì)師協(xié)會(huì)的前任執(zhí)行董事）
(She writes)There was a moment when everyone carried a Kate Spade bag.
（她寫道，）曾幾何時(shí)，每個(gè)人背的包都是凱特·斯佩德。
As a handbag designer starting in the 1990s, she had taken preppy shapes and images
作為上世紀(jì)90年代起家的一名包袋設(shè)計(jì)師，凱特·斯佩德從預(yù)科生風(fēng)格的造型和形象著手，
and twisted them into a contemporary must-have accessory that influenced a generation of women designers.
將它們變幻成了當(dāng)代人必備，還影響了整整一代女性設(shè)計(jì)師的配飾設(shè)計(jì)。
Her energetic, colorful personality matched that aesthetic.
她充沛的精力，豐富多彩的個(gè)性正好匹配她的審美。
She seemed to be the epitome of happy, carefree and upbeat, especially during the heyday of her career.
她仿佛就是快樂(lè)、無(wú)憂無(wú)慮和樂(lè)觀向上的化身，她的事業(yè)處于鼎盛時(shí)期之際時(shí)尤為如此。
It feels unbelievable that someone like Kate Spade, who was found dead on June 5 at age 55, would take her own life.
因此，像她這樣的人會(huì)選擇結(jié)束自己的生命——6月5日，55歲的凱特·斯佩德被發(fā)現(xiàn)已經(jīng)離開(kāi)了人世——難免讓人感到難以置信。
She had not been “out there” so much as of late,
最近，她“拋頭露面”的時(shí)間不如以前多了，
but she had started a new collection, called Frances Valentine.
但她離世前已經(jīng)開(kāi)始著手新系列“弗朗西斯·瓦倫丁”的設(shè)計(jì)工作了。
She was a creative person, and after she spent about a decade raising her daughter,
她原本是一名頗具創(chuàng)造力的人，在花了近10年時(shí)間撫養(yǎng)女兒之后，
I’m guessing she felt it was time to be back in the game—
我猜，她也感覺(jué)到是時(shí)候回到游戲，
the game she invented, with unique products that represented her own very personal style.
回到她憑借獨(dú)特的產(chǎn)品，代表她自己非常個(gè)人的風(fēng)格的產(chǎn)品發(fā)明的游戲中去了。
Still, to many, Kate Spade had become a brand’s name and stopped being a person’s name.
盡管如此，對(duì)許多人而言，凱特·斯佩德已經(jīng)成為一個(gè)品牌的名字，而不再是一個(gè)人的名字。
When that happens in our industry, I think that is very sad.
這種情況發(fā)生在我們行業(yè)時(shí)，我認(rèn)為，是非常糟糕的。
Kate Spade the person— like the bags, shoes and accessories she designed—deserves a special place in the legacy of fashion.
凱特·斯佩德其人，和她設(shè)計(jì)的包袋、鞋履和配飾一樣，在時(shí)尚傳統(tǒng)中也應(yīng)該有她的一席之地。
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