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中英文本
The personal style behind Kate Spade’s designs
凯特·斯佩德设计背后的个人风格
By Fern Mallis
文/费恩·马利斯
(Time says, Mallis is a former executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America).
（注：马利斯是美国时装设计师协会的前任执行董事）
(She writes)There was a moment when everyone carried a Kate Spade bag.
（她写道，）曾几何时，每个人背的包都是凯特·斯佩德。
As a handbag designer starting in the 1990s, she had taken preppy shapes and images
作为上世纪90年代起家的一名包袋设计师，凯特·斯佩德从预科生风格的造型和形象着手，
and twisted them into a contemporary must-have accessory that influenced a generation of women designers.
将它们变幻成了当代人必备，还影响了整整一代女性设计师的配饰设计。
Her energetic, colorful personality matched that aesthetic.
她充沛的精力，丰富多彩的个性正好匹配她的审美。
She seemed to be the epitome of happy, carefree and upbeat, especially during the heyday of her career.
她仿佛就是快乐、无忧无虑和乐观向上的化身，她的事业处于鼎盛时期之际时尤为如此。
It feels unbelievable that someone like Kate Spade, who was found dead on June 5 at age 55, would take her own life.
因此，像她这样的人会选择结束自己的生命——6月5日，55岁的凯特·斯佩德被发现已经离开了人世——难免让人感到难以置信。
She had not been “out there” so much as of late,
最近，她“抛头露面”的时间不如以前多了，
but she had started a new collection, called Frances Valentine.
但她离世前已经开始着手新系列“弗朗西斯·瓦伦丁”的设计工作了。
She was a creative person, and after she spent about a decade raising her daughter,
她原本是一名颇具创造力的人，在花了近10年时间抚养女儿之后，
I’m guessing she felt it was time to be back in the game—
我猜，她也感觉到是时候回到游戏，
the game she invented, with unique products that represented her own very personal style.
回到她凭借独特的产品，代表她自己非常个人的风格的产品发明的游戏中去了。
Still, to many, Kate Spade had become a brand’s name and stopped being a person’s name.
尽管如此，对许多人而言，凯特·斯佩德已经成为一个品牌的名字，而不再是一个人的名字。
When that happens in our industry, I think that is very sad.
这种情况发生在我们行业时，我认为，是非常糟糕的。
Kate Spade the person— like the bags, shoes and accessories she designed—deserves a special place in the legacy of fashion.
凯特·斯佩德其人，和她设计的包袋、鞋履和配饰一样，在时尚传统中也应该有她的一席之地。
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重点讲解
1.there was a moment when 有那么一个时刻
It was noticed that there was a moment when his countenance became very sombre.
大家注意到，有那么一个时刻，他的神色非常沉郁。
2.the epitome of ……的缩影
The iPhone is now the epitome of what a smartphone should be in many consumers eyes, and for good reason.
iPhone现在已经成为许多消费者眼中智能手机的缩影。
3.take one's own life 结束自己的生命
She tried to take her own life when she was 19.
19岁的时候，她曾试图结束自己的生命。
4.as of late 最近
The local constabulary has been stumped as of late with the frequent disappearance of motocycles around the city.
本地警察对最近在城市中经常发生摩托车失踪案感到十分头疼。
