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The Kate Spade New York brand following the recent death of designer Kate Spade proclaimed via Instagram that it will donate more than $1 million to mental health causes and suicide prevention.

"In honor of our company founder, Kate Spade, we're donating to mental health awareness causes. We'll match your donations, too," the brand wrote in classic Kate Spade script. The first donation from the total $1 million is a generous $250,000 to Crisis Text Line, a not-for-profit organization that provides crisis intervention via text message. Through the free service, texters are anonymously connected to a crisis counselor expertly trained to "bring texters from a hot moment to a cool calm through active listening and collaborative problem-solving."

The remaining $750,000 in funds, subsequent to donation to Crisis Text Line, will go solely to else mental health awareness and suicide prevention causes, and from June 20 to 29, the Kate Spade New York Foundation will match public donations made to Crisis Text Line, up to $100K.

Spade in 2006 sold all her shares alongside her husband Andy Spade of the company she founded.

Kate Spade New York on the day of her passing posted the message on Instagram in honor of its legendary founder saying, "Kate Spade, the visionary founder of our brand, has passed. Our thoughts are with her family at this incredibly heartbreaking time. We honor all the beauty she brought into this world."

Kate Spade's Family, companions, and the fashion industry alike retrieve her for fanciful personality and analogous designs. Her brand delineated the contemporary woman, who is firm in her career while also celebrating a kind of champagne spirit.

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By Sowmya Sangam