How to Start a Fashion Company

Kate Freelandston and her friend started Kate Spade when they were 29, 30 years old. They ran the company out of their Tribeca apartment for at least two and a half years. "I was really doing the design only, but I also was steaming the bags box and packing," she says. She recalls how even her family didn't think it would be much: "We're all pitching in for mom"