(New York, NY) — Fashion mogul Kate Spade has been found dead of an apparent suicide in her Manhattan apartment. The designer reportedly hanged herself with a scarf on a bedroom doorknob and left a note. Her housekeeper reportedly made the disturbing discovery this morning inside Spade’s Park Avenue apartment. The 55-year-old burst onto the design scene in the early 90s with handbags and eventually expanded her empire to include bedding, china, wallpaper and shoes. She leaves a husband and daughter. Kate Spade was comedian David Spade’s sister-in-law