Fashion & Lifestyle

Betsey Johnson

Betsey Johnson is a fashion designer best known for her feminine and whimsical designs. She also is known for doing a cartwheel at the end of her fashion shows. She took many dance classes as a child and adolescent which inspired her love of costumes. After high school, Johnson studied at the Pratt Institute and then later graduated from Syracuse University. In 1969 she opened up her very own boutique called Betsey Bunki Nini in New York’s Upper East Side. In the 1970s she took control of the fashion label “Alley Cat” which was popular with the rock ‘n roll musicians of the day. In 1972 she won the Coty award.

In 1978 she started her own fashion line, the same year she opened up her first retail store in Soho. Betsey Johnson, both the woman and the label, is constantly moving forward and continues to keep a strong foothold in the fashion industry with no signs of letting up anytime soon. Her love of detail and design is evident in everything she does in life and in business. The enthusiasm, creativity and boundless talent that have kept her at the forefront of fashion for the past 40 years will keep Betsey going for years to come!