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inside's guide: shopping.
Insiders' Guide shopping
By Andy Spade Spade is CEO and creative director of both Kate Spade and Jack Spade. Buying for a guy is hard. Sometimes he doesn't even know what he wants -- but if you're thoughtful and remember that the gesture counts more than the price tag, you'll be fine. (And if all else fails, there's always a Jack Spade bag.) * Analyze him. Find out what he wishes he could do if he had the time, and give him the tools to get going. Buy him a miter saw and a level if he has always wanted to try carpentry. If he's an aspiring writer, a cool journal. A bird-watcher, hell, I don't know. The point is, encourage him to do his thing. * Back to basics. Socks, underwear, gloves, scarves, and wallets are not cop-outs. It's better to get a guy something he needs than something he doesn't want. I have friends who think I'm "creative," so I end up with hand-painted ties ready to be incinerated. Kate once gave me Brooks Brothers boxer shorts, and I was totally happy. * Let him choose. I'd rather get a gift certificate than the wrong brand of golf clubs. Record, book, and sporting-goods stores offer them. I love hobby stores -- the places that sell model airplanes, Essex rockets, and remote-control boats. I don't know a man who wouldn't give his right arm to race slot cars and re-enter boyhood for a day. * ...
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- Magazine article from: Daily News Record Saeks, Diane Dorrans December 11, 2000 700+ words
...Shreve Building, also sells the new Jack Spade men's apparel and accessories...and additional shelf space to the Jack Spade collection. "San Francisco is a great men's market, and so far the Jack Spade pieces are moving well," he said...
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- Magazine article from: Boston Business Journal Goodison, Donna L. November 9, 2001 700+ words
The opening of a jack Spade store on Newbury Street in Boston...but we are going to start carrying Jack Spade items in the Kate Spade store...going to be converted into a separate Jack Spade store." No reason for the delay...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 5, 2004 700+ words
...collection, while male employees will wear JACK SPADE designs from Andy Spade. (Photo: http...NYW014 ) The complete kate spade/JACK SPADE collections, designed by Kate and Andy...employees are outfitted in the kate spade/JACK SPADE collections. The kate spade Song collection...
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- Magazine article from: Daily News Record Brodsky, Renatt April 14, 2000 700+ words
...honest soul would return it? Well, Jack Spade, a line of men's bags and accessories...week, dropping 100 black canvas bifold Jack Spade wallets all over Manhattan in the hope...the wallet," said Andy Spade, CEO of Jack Spade. "Over the years, I have both found...
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- Magazine article from: Daily News Record March 3, 2008 700+ words
...capsule collection of tailored clothing, topcoats, fine shirts and luxurious, hand-knit sweaters. JACK SPADE The original Jack Spade bag was sold in hardware stores and the designer's fall presentation-a well-edited assortment of sleek...
- BRIEFING: HUGO BOSS...JACK SPADE...HANESBRANDS INC.(brief)
- Magazine article from: Daily News Record Lloyd, Brenda November 12, 2007 700+ words
...14th Street in Manhattan's Meatpacking District. A larger store (9,075 square feet) will open on Broadway in Soho. Jack Spade has opened a small retail outpost in Boston, housed at 117 Newbury Street, in the lower level of the existing Kate Spade...
- ANDY SPADE; AS THE HUSBAND AND BUSINESS PARTNER OF HANDBAG MAVEN KATE SPADE,...
- Magazine article from: WWD Karimzadeh, Marc June 5, 2001 700+ words
...I just don't think bags with 18 pockets exposed on the outside are that great looking," said the creative director at Jack Spade, the men's line of bags, trenchcoats and other accessories. Spade isn't really a newcomer to the business. He is the...
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