Spade's death unlikely to impact brand here

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Ms Beatrice Desiree Miranda, 21, got her first Kate Spade bag from her parents on her 18th birthday and thinks of it as "the first bag that marked the start of my adulthood". It is her go-to bag for formal events.

"The Kate Spade brand is classy enough, yet not too flashy for a person my age,'' says the Singapore Management University (SMU) undergraduate.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 07, 2018, with the headline Spade's death unlikely to impact brand here. Subscribe