Fashion designer Kate Spade has been found dead in her New York apartment.

知名时尚设计师凯特·斯佩德近日被发现在纽约的家中身亡。

Police are investigating her death as an apparent suicide.

Spade - who once edited fashion magazine Mademoiselle - was well known as a designer of clothes, shoes, and jewellery, but was best known for her accessory line.

She co-founded Kate Spade Handbags in 1993 with husband Andy Spade.