After news broke that the designer Kate Spade was found dead in her apartment this morning, her fans, and those of the company she founded with her husband Andy Spade in 1993, expressed admiration for her designs on social media.

Many people, including celebrities like Chelsea Clinton, Ivanka Trump, Mindy Kaling and Bette Midler, posted fond remembrances of the first Kate Spade bag they purchased.

(Read the news story on her death.)

Ms. Spade once said she created her own company because she was frustrated with the over-accessorized styles of handbags that were prevalent in the 1990s. She wanted “a functional bag that was sophisticated and had some style,” she told The New York Times in 1999.