Kate Spade earned my devotion with her bags - her lovely, simple bags. Bags without multiple things hanging off its expensive handle, like string cheese hanging from your mouth after you've taken a bite of fresh pizza.

I am now enraptured with her shoes as well. Just look at these beauties:


Sure, they're a bit impractical. Those flowers are ripe to catch stray bits of soup. (Yes, I have been known to spill soup on my feet.) But who buys shoes for their practicality? NOT ME!