Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

My customer isn't wrapped up in labels and money.

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

I was always dancing and acrobatics was my specialty.

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

I don't like to have time on my wall; it's too-in-your-face.

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

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

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

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.

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

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.

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

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

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

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.

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

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

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

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.

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

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

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

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.

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

I just did what I loved - flowers and rock n' roll. Pretty and punk. I was largely inspired by my dancing school classes and costumes.

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

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.

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

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.

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

I never wanted to be on a pedestal.

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

I never studied fashion design.

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

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

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

I don't feel comfortable without my makeup on. I've got to have my lipstick! I just don't feel like the same person, and I don't like the way I look without makeup.

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson

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