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Betsey Johnson

Betsey Johnson Books

Fashion designer

Betsey Johnson, born on August 10, 1942, is an iconic American fashion designer. Known for her bold and colorful designs, Johnson has left an indelible mark on the fashion industry. Her influence continues to this day, with her work influencing multiple generations of fashion designers and leaving a lasting impact on the industry.

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“Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves and, of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys they’d just walk around naked at all times.”

Boys Fashion Girls

Author:Betsey Johnson

“Girls don't dress for boys.”

Girl Boys Fashion Dresses Every Girl Fashion And Style Fashion Style Fashionista Style Icons Fashion Icon Great Fashion Inspiring Fashion Clothes And Fashion Fashion Inspirational Best Dressed Fashion Trends Boy Girl

Author:Betsey Johnson

“[In the 1960s]...you could take LSD but you couldn't wear a pantsuit.”

Author:Betsey Johnson

“Always have fun with fashion. Dress to entertain yourself.”

Fun Fashion Dresses Having Fun

Author:Betsey Johnson

“With over 3 million women battling breast cancer today, everywhere you turn there is a mother, daughter, sister, or friend who has been affected by breast cancer.”

Has Beens Today Mother Turns Millions Daughter Cancer Breasts Affected Breast Cancer Mother Daughter Breast Cancer Inspiration Breast Cancer Inspirational

Author:Betsey Johnson

“A good use for me is to let me go away with my sewing machine and come back with some really new stuff.”

Use Stuff Machines Let Me Going Away Sewing Let Me Go New Stuff

Author:Betsey Johnson

“Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.”

Real Speed Garbage Real Success Blinders

Author:Betsey Johnson

“At any appearance, I make sure that before the person takes a pic and runs away, that I make contact. All I can do is give that little bit of me, the kickback is miraculous.”

Giving Littles Persons I Can Running Bits Can Do Little Bit Appearance Contact Running Away Miraculous

Author:Betsey Johnson

“Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves, of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys, they'd just walk around naked at all times.”

“In the 60′s there was a look. In the 70′s there was a look, and in the 80′s. Now, it's a free-for-all.”

Author:Betsey Johnson

“I never wanted to join fashion industry or being another Donna or another Dianne. I made clothes that I wanted to wear. I would cut, I would sew and I would wear, and it made me to feel better.”

Feels Made Wanted Cutting Fashion Industry Clothes Feel Better Fashion Industry

Author:Betsey Johnson

“I was a cheerleader for nine years.”

Years Nine Nine Years Cheerleader Cheerleading

Author:Betsey Johnson

“Keep your sunny side up, keep yourself beautiful, and indulge yourself!”

Beautiful Sides Cancer Indulge Sunny Breast Cancer Sunny Side Indulge Yourself

Author:Betsey Johnson

“Love is a disease of the heartin the end, there is no treatment curable and it might just kill you.”

Heart Ends Might Love Is Disease Treatment

Author:Betsey Johnson

“I never keep anything beautiful in the closet.”

Beautiful Closets

Author:Betsey Johnson

“I couldn't live if I wasn't a designer.”

Author:Betsey Johnson

“Hard times always lead to something great.”

Inspirational Hard Hard Times Difficult Times Uplifting In Hard Times

Author:Betsey Johnson

“I don't like to have time on my wall; it's too-in-your-face.”

Faces Wall Your Face

Author:Betsey Johnson

“I hate to say it, but the truth is that the upscale line is where I get respect as a designer. The higher the price range, the higher the respect level from the industry, even though it's much easier to make a great $500 dress than a great $100 dress.”

Hate Lines Levels Industry Higher Easier Truth Is I Hate Dresses Range Designer

Author:Betsey Johnson

“I was always dancing and acrobatics was my specialty.”

Dancing Specialty Acrobatics

Author:Betsey Johnson

“I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.”

Body Bigs Used Design Clothes Hips Flats Skirts

Author:Betsey Johnson

“If a girl comes to me first for a prom or a bar mitzvah and she likes the way she looks and her boyfriend likes the way she looks, she'll come back.”

Ifs Way Firsts Looks Girl Bars Likes Prom Bar Mitzvah Mitzvah

Author:Betsey Johnson

“If it hadn't been for the rise of the working woman's wardrobe, I never would have found the time to sneak a kid in.”

Ifs Kids Found Wardrobe Sneak Working Women

Author:Betsey Johnson

“You have to hold onto your fantasy.”

Author:Betsey Johnson

“Just to see what a pink dress can mean to a woman, any woman, but a disabled woman, that's extra special and thrilling because they shouldn't be separated and their disabilities don't have to separate them in anyway.”

Mean Special Dresses Extras Disability Thrilling Disabled

Author:Betsey Johnson

“Making clothes involves what I like...color, pattern, shape and movement...I like the everyday process...the people, the pressure, the surprise of seeing the work come alive walking and dancing around on strangers. Like red lipstick on the mouth, my products wake up and brighten and bring the wearer to life...drawing attention to her beauty and specialness...her moods and movements...her dreams and fantasies.”

“When you're designing clothing, you really only have one point of focus, and that's the body. But home is fabrics and furniture and floors and natural light. If fashion is a planet, home is more like a universe.”

Ifs Home Body Light Universe Natural Focus Fashion Design Planets Clothings Fabric Furniture Natural Light

Author:Betsey Johnson

“I'm usually the sparkle in a closet full of conservative clothes. Either that or my customer has a closet full of my clothes and a few conservative suits from Calvin Klein. I think you've got to give a girl what's missing from her closet. If something jazzy, tacky or sexy is what's missing, I provide it.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Girl Missing Clothes Conservative Sexy Customers Suits Closets Sparkle Tacky

Author:Betsey Johnson

“I'm not the type of person who dwells too much on bad things.”

Persons Too Much Type Bad Things Limelight

Author:Betsey Johnson

“There is an excitement about having nightmares.”

Excitement Nightmare

Author:Betsey Johnson

“It's just been so heartwarming to see my clothes on people in wheelchairs and people needing physical support.”

People Support Clothes Heartwarming Wheelchairs

Author:Betsey Johnson

“My customer isn't wrapped up in labels and money.”

Customers Labels

Author:Betsey Johnson

About the Author

Born: August 10, 1942
Known for: Fashion designer
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