There is an excitement about having nightmares.
BETSEY JOHNSONI 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I was a cheerleader for nine years.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I never keep anything beautiful in the closet.
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It’s just been so heartwarming to see my clothes on people in wheelchairs and people needing physical support.
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I’m not the type of person who dwells too much on bad things.
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[In the 1960s]…you could take LSD but you couldn’t wear a pantsuit.
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Hard times always lead to something great.
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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.
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Keep your sunny side up, keep yourself beautiful, and indulge yourself!
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My customer isn’t wrapped up in labels and money.
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