Overview

• Elyce Arons’s memoir We Might Just Make It After All, due June 17, recounts her close friendship with Kate Spade and their journey building iconic fashion brands
• Arons reveals that Kate and husband Andy Spade were living apart but not legally separated and were actively trying to work through marital challenges before her June 2018 suicide
• The book highlights Spade’s long-standing battles with depression and anxiety and her efforts to seek professional treatment
• Co-founders of Frances Valentine, Arons and Spade collaborated again on a special-edition tote bag, with 100 percent of proceeds supporting the Hope for Depression Research Foundation
• Through the memoir and tote initiative, Arons seeks to destigmatize mental illness and honor Kate Spade’s life beyond her tragic passing