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BETSEY JOHNSON: HERE SHE COMES AGAIN!

You’ve gotta give Betsey Johnson credit – she always comes bouncing back. We remember her first efforts designing for New York’s Paraphernalia – her clothes were a revelation – cute and original – and affordable. She’s had a lot of ups and downs since then- designing for Alley Cat and her own collections. She’s gone bankrupt, had stores open and close, but young girls still love her playful vintage-inspired designs. (We fondly remember one of her fashion shows at New York’s Danceteria in the 80’s – the models were all doused with buckets of water and walked the runway dripping wet.) Betsey is showing her latest collection at Macy’s in Las Vegas – no water involved
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BANKRUPT BETSEY JOHNSON BOUNCES BACK WITH REALITY SHOW

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You haven’t seen the last of Betsey Johnson! Betsey has been a fashion icon to fun-loving girls since she started at Paraphernalia in the 1960’s. She always designed affordable colorful party dresses for girls who like to have fun. Through the years she’s had her own clothing lines and a chain of stores that just went bankrupt. Now she’s landed her own reality show called “Betsey and Lulu” and it stars her and her daughter Lulu, and Lulu’s two little girls. On the series, the colorful Betsey will rebuild her business and Lulu will start her own. We were lucky to see one of Betsey’s runway shows in the 80’s at a punk club in New York where all the models were hosed down and soaking wet as the highlight of the show! It’s nice to see her surviving bankruptcy…

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CELEBRITIES LOVE THE VINTAGE FASHION EXPO

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The Vintage Fashion Expo at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is the place to be this weekend. The event always attracts well known designers like Marc Jacobs and Betsey Johnson seeking inspiration, plus plenty of celebrities who love vintage clothing through the decades. Marilyn Manson met his future – now exwife – Dita Von Teese at this show. It’s a great big beautiful room loaded with nostalgia and amazing wearable stuff you’ll never see at a mall. (Hint: Halloween costumes!) You never know who might be ogling vintage watches next to you – could be an Olsen twin or Jason Schwartzman.

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