I dropped in on Betsey Johnson’s anniversary party at her SoHo store.
“I can’t believe it’s been 30 years,” Betsey said as she and her longtime business partner Chantal Bacon took in the fun crowd celebrating her 30 years in business and the sale of the company to a group of suits.
There weren’t many investor types on hand, but lot of girls and young women in fit-and-flare prom dresses, brightly-colored summer prints or shiny black party frocks. Everyone looked too cute. But that’s what Betsey Johnson has always done well – feminine, cute clothes that don’t take themselves toooo seriously.
If you have any Betsey Johnson from years ago, new or used, it’s time to put them up on eBay.
Betsey said she’ll introduce a line - a sort of greatest hits - of her past designs and she’s been surfing eBay to find them.
“I’m looking for all the early designs I did in my career,” said Betsey. “It’s like what I did in my last show. People loved it.” Held last September, the spring 2008 show included a parade of signature Betsey looks from the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties. “I never saved them,” she said referring to her earlier work.
*Photo licensed to: Betsey Johnson