Who Is Kathy Van Zeeland?
- As a young girl, Kathy loved fashion and accessories and emulated her mother's fashion style. She discovered at a fairly young age that this hobby of hers could become a career.
- After graduating from college, she gained experience in the fashion world as a buyer for Saks Fith Avenue in New York.
- Next up was the opportunity to design accessories for existing fashion labels including Nine West, Enzo Angiolini and Easy Spirit.
- Today, Kathy is co-president of Kathy Van Zeeland, a company that was created in 2004 to produce high quality, trendy handbags for women. That company now has more than 1,700 stores in North America and has product available in stores around the world. In just a few years, the Kathy Van Zeeland brand has become an established and much beloved brand.
- In 2008, Kathy won the Designer of the Year award from American Fashion Accessories Association.
- Kathy expends considerable effort connecting with her buyers in order to keep producing such beautiful, trendy and popular pieces each season. As the bags on this page demonstrate, she seems to have perfected the balance between fashion an function.
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