Kate Spade LLC

For the last ten years, Liz Claiborne seemed to be buying everything in sight, especially things that were to most of us difficult to distinguish from Liz Claiborne itself. (Ellen Tracy? Dana Buchman?)

Now it appears that the company is prepared to part with many of its 16 subsidiaries practically for the asking, so that the company can bestow all its peach-fuzzy kisses on a few younger and more prominent brands like Juicy Couture and Kate Spade.

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ERICA: I just returned from the Modern Bride Top 25 Trendsetter Awards Dinner at the Ritz Carlton. By some insane miracle of divine intervention, Modern Bride chose me and Paper Bride along with 24 super talented/interesting/cool wedding industry professionals for their 2006 trendsetter awards. The evening has apparently been called the "Oscars of the Wedding Industry" and there were enough heavy hitting bridal superstars around to make any bride-to-be drool. I drank carefully engineered cocktails, mixed and mingled and stepped on Kate Spade's foot. I shared an elevator with event planning rockstar Preston Bailey (who told my Aunt Kim that she "was really workin' it" with her dress), met Molly Shannon's videographer, which was a bit of serendipity since we hired Molly Shannon's photographer Teness Herman.

Best of all I got this gorgeous, heavy crystal award for being an "innovative trendsetter" on the one year anniversary, to the day, of the launch of my business. Color me flattered to the nth degree. There were no tear filled speeches or dancing showgirls, but here are some other highlights and observations of the evening:  read more »

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