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.
BETSEY JOHNSONGirls 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.
BETSEY JOHNSONI couldn’t live if I wasn’t a designer.
BETSEY JOHNSONJust 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.
BETSEY JOHNSONI don’t like to have time on my wall; it’s too-in-your-face.
BETSEY JOHNSONYou have to hold onto your fantasy.
BETSEY JOHNSONWith 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.
BETSEY JOHNSONIf 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.
BETSEY JOHNSON[In the 1960s]…you could take LSD but you couldn’t wear a pantsuit.
BETSEY JOHNSONAt 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.
BETSEY JOHNSONThere is an excitement about having nightmares.
BETSEY JOHNSONMy customer isn’t wrapped up in labels and money.
BETSEY JOHNSONIt’s just been so heartwarming to see my clothes on people in wheelchairs and people needing physical support.
BETSEY JOHNSONIf 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.
BETSEY JOHNSONI 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.
BETSEY JOHNSONI was a cheerleader for nine years.
BETSEY JOHNSONWhen 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.
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