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Style soulmates! Elyce Arons sat down with ET to celebrate the release of her memoir, <\/span>We Might Just Make It After All<\/span><\/em>, which details her friendship and business partnership with the late <\/span>Kate Spade as they built the eponymous brand, Kate Spade, together.<\/span><\/p>\n
Arons, the co-founder and CEO of Frances Valentine, which was also co-created with Spade before the designer died in at <\/span>age 55 in\u00a0June 2018, shared the top fashion advice she and Spade exchanged.<\/span><\/p>\n
“Our personal style wasn’t always aligned, especially when we first met. Katy had a much more traditional, preppy style, and mine was more trend-driven, and always trying to emulate the latest looks in magazines,” Arons admits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nElyce Arons<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
While the duo was initially drawn to different fads, they eventually blended their unique senses of fashion to create timeless outfits.<\/span><\/p>\n
“It was fun to learn from each other. … We truly found the most inspiration from vintage and really bonded over our love of vintage shopping and searching for treasures we both appreciated and could afford,” she spills.<\/span><\/p>\n
Spade’s favorite finds: “Katy loved colorful and joy-sparking pieces, whether vintage or new. She always treasured pieces with excellent design and great quality.”<\/span><\/p>\nWendy Maeda\/The Boston Globe via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
“We’d imagine the story behind each piece, and think about the woman who had owned it,” Arons adds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Some of those style icons included stars like <\/span>Mary Tyler Moore, Ali McGraw, Kathryn Hepburn, and Jackie Onassis, before A-listers like <\/span>Gwyneth Paltrow, <\/span>Mary Kate and <\/span>Ashley Olsen, <\/span>Mindy Kaling, and <\/span>Taylor Swift were spotted in their designs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cWe loved when celebrities chose to carry our bags, but to us, it was the every-woman bag. Buying a Kate Spade bag became a rite of passage for so many young women entering the work force,” the author explains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSplash News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
And the original Kate Spade purses from the 1990s still hold up today.<\/span><\/p>\n
“One of my biggest pieces of advice for young people who are trying to find their style is to start with vintage. …\u00a0A fun, colorful handbag, a summer basket bag, kitten heels, Mary Jane flats, and loads of costume jewelry for layering,” she suggests.<\/span><\/p>\n
As for what you can never go wrong with? “A crisp white shirt \u2014 or 10 \u2014 a pair of black cigarette pants \u2014 or 3 \u2014 a go-to swing coat, trench, or jacket in a fun print or color, a great fitting pair of jeans, and a fabulous dress that makes you feel like a million bucks,” Arons dishes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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