kate spade new york Sam Bag Featured In T: The New York Times Style Magazine

T: The New York Times Style Magazine features the kate spade new york sam bag in an article titled, “The 25 Shoes and Bags That Transformed Fashion.”

Within the article, a group of fashion industry experts “consider the accessories from the past 100 years that changed how we carry our things – and ourselves.”

The article features imagery of the original sam tote from 1993, an image of Kate Spade from an issue of ELLE Germany in 1996, an image of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen carrying Sam in 1999, alongside the below text.

Kate spade new york is featured amongst many iconic brands apart of the cultural zeitgeist – Fendi, Chanel, Gucci, Prada, and others!

“In the early 1990s, Kate Spade, a young accessories editor at Mademoiselle magazine in New York, was on the hunt for a functional, everyday shoulder bag. Having come up short, she built a maquette from construction paper and Scotch tape and named her creation Sam, then produced it in black nylon and introduced it to the industry at a trade show in 1993.

Barneys New York placed the first order, and, before long, seemingly every fashionable young Manhattanite owned one. Box-shaped with simple shoulder straps, the bag captured the era’s minimalist aesthetic: Its most identifiable feature was its rectangular, white-on-black Kate Spade label, which the designer stitched on the front rather than the inside. Early adopters included Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, but the tote’s legacy has less to do with celebrities than with women like Spade herself, who’d left her native Missouri in her youth with dreams of making it in New York. For many ambitious Generation Xers, buying a Sam was an important token of adulthood, a sign that they’d arrived. — M.O.”

ABOUT KATE SPADE NEW YORK

Since its launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade New York has always stood for color, wit, optimism, and femininity. Today, it is a global lifestyle brand synonymous with joy, delivering seasonal collections of handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, gifts, home décor and more. Known for its rich heritage and unique brand DNA, Kate Spade New York offers a distinctive point of view, and celebrates communities of women around the globe who live their perfectly imperfect lifestyles. Kate Spade New York is part of the Tapestry house of brands. Our Deluxe Editions with French flaps and deckled edges, to our collectible hardcovers, there is a Penguin Classic for every reader.

In the Philippines, Kate Spade New York is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists, Inc., and is located at Central Square in Bonifacio High Street Central, Greenbelt 5, Power Plant Mall, Rustan’s Makati, Shangri-La Plaza, and Rustan’s Cebu. Visit facebook.com/katespadenewyork.philippines and ssilife.com.ph or follow @ssilifeph on Instagram for more information.

ABOUT SSI GROUP, INC.:

The SSI Group is the Philippines’ largest specialty retailer, with an established brand portfolio that includes some of the world’s most recognized international brands. We lead the country’s specialty retail market through the size and breadth of our brand portfolio and store network, with 94 brands and 593 stores. With our growing e-commerce presence, we are also the Philippine specialty retailer with the most diverse and extensive e-commerce offering. Our unique brand portfolio covers a wide range of specialty and lifestyle concepts, spanning the luxury, casual, and fast fashion, beauty, footwear, home, and restaurant categories.  Established in the 1980s, SSI has been at the forefront of the Philippine retail industry for more than 30 years. Throughout this time, we have sought to inspire and enhance the lifestyle values of our customers and to cater to the evolving tastes and aspirations of Filipino consumers. In response to the evolution of the retail industry, the company introduced "The Specialist," an At Home concierge service dedicated to serving its valued customers with their shopping needs. Customers may get in touch with SSI’s Customer Service team through any of the following channels to inquire about a particular brand or product:

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