Betsey Johnson Quotes

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Betsey Johnson

Profession : Designer

Birth : August 10, 1942

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

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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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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.

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I love New York. You want to find out if you're any good? Try New York. Who sang that? Frank Sinatra? If you make it here, you can make it anywhere.

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I can't wear a little makeup. I have to wear a lot of makeup or no makeup.

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In the '60s, I'd wear three pairs of eyelashes. Now they make them that thick, but back then they didn't, so you had to kind of build your own.

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As long as I look good, I'm very happy - and as long as I look consistently me.

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Accessories design is one of the most creative categories. It's like cooking, like decorating, because it involves the person. They have to choose, and they have to figure out how to wear it and to mix it based on their style.

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I remember in 2004, I had three gorgeous transgender models on the runway. That was my strength, in a way. That I did what I thought was gonna work, and I never paid attention to the industry's rules.

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I just feel the traditional runway format is old-fashioned.

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Oh, I love the kids more than any other age group. I hate to say that, but new life is with new kids, you know? They're the future. The sheer fact that they're young and eager, that's what makes them rule.

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It is a special, weird thing being a cheerleader. You need to want to yell and perform, dance, and wear a cute little costume. It's a thing you're kind of born with or without.

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I've always been very into interior design, and I can't stand to have anything in my apartment that I don't aesthetically love.

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I never wanted to be on a pedestal.

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I never studied fashion design.

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I just get makeup from wherever I can. From Maybelline to Chanel - you know, all over the place.

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My makeup hasn't really changed since the 1960s!

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I would've been a really good costume designer because, basically, my clothes were like costumes, and I wanted to be a dancer, so there's all of that tulle and color.

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I've always been a little off, but it's worked really well for me, and it still works. After so many years, you have a look, you become a brand, la la la.

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My prom dress was very sweet, very puffy, but I also wore little stiletto, pointed-toe heels, nylon hosiery, the whole nine yards.

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