miss congeniality; Think of Kate Spade and think of mules, cocktails, cinch waists, and ice cream colors.

Byline: Julia Reed

Kate and Andy Spade are the Nick and Nora Charles of the design world. They smoke; they drink; they frequent watering holes like Donahue's and Elaine's, where they almost always occupy the very first table. They have a fabulous Park Avenue apartment littered with silver cigarette boxes and hung with an art collection that includes Richard Serra, Gerhard Richter, and Rene Bouche, whose portrait of Elaine de Kooning adorns the spacious gray-taupe entrance hall. They even have their own Asta, a ten-year-old Maltese named Henry-the result of a boozy night at Tribeca's Raccoon Lodge, where Andy enlisted a friend to procure the dog as an anniversary ...