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BETSY JOHNSON
IILUSTRATED TIMELINE
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BETSEY JOHNSON
BORN ON AUGUST 1OTH 1942, IN WETHERSFIELD, CONNECTICUT
BETSEY IS KNOWN FOR HER FEMININE AND WHIMSICAL DESIGNS AND HER FUN AND ENERGETIC WAYS.
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CRAZY LOVE FOR FASHION
FASHION DESIGNER BETSEY JOHNSON, WITH HER RED HAIR AND EAR-TO-EAR GRIN, WAS A COLORFUL BURST OF ENERGY IN THE FASHION WORLD.
SHE CAME IN WITH HER GREAT COLOR AND PERSONALITY IN THE 1960’S.
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CHILD CRAZE
AS A CHILD BETSEY TOOK MANY DANCE CLASSES SHE WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HER COSTUMES IN HER DANCE RECITALS
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TEEN YEARS
AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WENT ON TO STUDY AT PRATT INSTITUTEN THEN LATER EARNED A DEGREE FROM SYCARUSE UNIVERSITY.
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THE YOUNG AND EARLY YEARS
BESTEY’S EARLY YEARS KICKED OFF IN 1964, WHEN SHE ENTERED AND WON MADEMOISELLE MAGAZINE’S GUEST EDITOR CONTEST.
WITHIN A YEAR BETSEY MADE A NAME FOR HERSELF
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TRENDY BOUTIQUE
BETSEY SET UP HER FIRST BOUTIQUE NAMED PARAPHERNALIA.
HER BOUTIQUE BECAME FAMOUS FOR SHOWCASING ALL THE NEWEST FASHIONS FROM UP AND COMING LONDON DESIGNERS.
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NEW LANE
AS BETSEY OPENED UP A NEW SHOP IN NEW YORK’S UPPER SIDE CALED BETSEY BUNKI NINI SHE DRESSED MANY ARTISTS SUCH AS VELVET UNDERGROUND, JOHN CALE, EDIE SEDGWICK AND LOU REED.
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“ALLEY CAT”
IN THE 1970’S JOHNSON TOOK CONTROL OF THE FASHION LABEL “ALLEY CAT” WHICH WAS A POPULAR LABEL IN THE ROCK N’ ROLL BUSINESS.
BUT ALL WAS NOT FUN AND DESIGNS…
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QUITS
BETSEY HIT A TOUGH SPOT IN HER LIFE WHEN HER HUSBAND CALE CALLED IT QUITS IN 1971,THEY HAVE ON DAUGHTER TOGETHER NAMED LULU.
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ASPRIN NOT ONLY FOR HEADACHES
THE PUNK RAGE WAS BIG IN THE LATE 1970’S AND BETSEY SAW HER BIG CHANCE ARRIVING, SO BETSEY GOT TOGETHER WITH EX- MODEL CHANTAL BACON AND SCRAPED UP SOME SAVINGS, INCLUDING MONEY THAT SHE HAD EARNED WHILE STARRING IN A BAYER ASPRIN COMMERCIAL AND STARTED THE BETSEY JOHNSON CLOTHING LABEL IN 1978.
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BETSEY NOT PLAINAND SIMPLEWITH HER VERSATILITY HER ABILITY TO CHANGE WITH TIME AND BEING TURE TO HER VISION MAY BER HER GREATEST TALENT.
HER ABILITY WAS RECOGNIZED EARLY IN HER CAREER WHEN SHE WON THE COTY AWARD IN 1972.
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KEEPS ADDING
IN 1999, SHE WON AN AWARD CREATED ESPECIALLY FOR HER CALLED THE TIMELESS TALENT AWARD.
IN 2002, JOHNSON WAS INDUCTED INTO THE FASHION WALK OF FAME.
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INDEPENDENCE
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE HAS ALLOWED JOHNSON TO EXPAND HER LINE TO INCLUDE SHOES, LENGERIE AND JEANS SHE CONTINUED HER LINE IN 2004 NY ADDING HANDBAGS AND MANY OTHER ACCESSORIES.
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RUNWAY FUN
BETSEY AND HER MODELING RUNWAYS ARE ONE OF A KIND.
SHE HAS HER MODELS ALWAYS DANCE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND SHE IS THE ONLY DESIGNER TO DO CARTWHEELS ON THE END OF THE RUNWAY AFTER ALMOST EVERY SHOW.
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SURVIVOR
AS A SURVICOR OF BREAST CANCER JOHNSON REMAINS AN ADVOCATE IN FIGHTING THE DISEASE, CREATING ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEMS FOR AUCTION AND SERVING AS HONORARY CHAIRPERSON FOR THE FASHION TARGETS BREAST CANCER.
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JOHNSON
JOHNSON IS NOW LIVING IN NEW YORK AND WORKS THERE AS WELL BUT SOMETIMES SPENDS HER FREE TIME IN MEXICO WHERE SHE OWNS ONE OF HER FAVORITE VACATION HOMES.
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CURRENT
BETSEY JUST HAD HER LATEST FASHION SHOW ON SEPTEMBER 17TH 2009.
THIS SHOW HAD HER LATEST FALL FASHION DESIGNS.
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BETSEY LOVES PINK
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WORKS CITED
http://www.swinginchicks.com/betsey_johnson.htm
http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/betseyjohnson
http://articles.directorym.com/Betsey_Johnson-a602.html
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