Betsey Johnson

Perennially girly designer Betsey Johnson is taking her love of pink and black to New York's Plaza hotel. Johnson, who has a show at New York Fashion Week, will be creating an Eloise suite at the Plaza, capitalizing on the popularity of the beloved children's books featuring the young girl....

Betsey Johnson may do cartwheels down the runway, but Yohji Yamamoto plays soccer. At the finale today, a giant soccer net dropped from the ceiling of the Armory and the designer plucked French soccer player Zinedine Zidane from the front row. A model drafted a photographer to play goalie,...

Designer Betsey Johnson has long been known for her eccentric fashion and quirky runway shows. Witness her 1979 Fall Collection. Her models dance down the catwalk, showing off some hot moves and even hotter get-ups: jewel tone lamé dresses and jumpsuits worn in layers or belted. The side po...

New York City Fashion Week is around the corner, do ya wanna go? "Extra" is hooking-up one fashionista and friend with a fashion week fantasy package! The winner and guest will receive a two-night stay at the Plaza Hotel, a makeover courtesy of Jouer Cosmetics and Living Proof No Frizz , ti...

While I physically and mentally prepare myself for New York Fashion Week , designers are hard at work putting finishing touches on their creations. I can't wait to meet the clothes in person, but in the meantime, here's a sneak peek of what's going on in the design studios as we speak. Some are...

By mikamonique@iblog126.com (Mika Monique :: Prima Bloggerrina) I'm starting to wonder if NY Fashion Week is starting to be a joke. Fashion greats and pioneers like Betsey Johnson and Vera Wang are dropping out while Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Atlanta"'s diva Sheree gets a slot? Are they serious? I remember from the time I was in middle school when I f...

Upon completing her degree at the London College of Fashion, Nigerian/Ghanaian designer Titi Ademola immersed herself in the fashion scene – she worked with renowned companies including Burberry, Betsey Johnson and Nicole Farhi. It wasn’t until she arrived back in Ghana – her mother’...

Filed under: Style in the News ANNA WINTOUR TO GIVE EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW Like only she knows how, the polished editor of intrigue will throw a soiree to lift the curtains on " The September Issue ." If an event is hosted by the all powerful one of fashion, it will surely be chock-full of designers...

Filed under: Style in the News A FABULOUS FASHION WEEK IS COMING AFTER ALL Speculation about a downgraded New York Fashion Week has been swirling due to recession woes . After news broke of the Met Costume Gala's scale down, LA fashion Week's lack of corporate sponsorship , and Fall 2009's l...

Filed under: Style in the News DEATH OF THE RUNWAY SHOW? Last week, it was reported that the "East Coast Oscars" or the Met Gala may be downgrading to a benefit rather than a spectacle. Now, the LA fashion week's loss corporate sponsors deals a major blow to the already struggling live catwal...

Betsey herself cascading down the runway in a flurry emerald of fabric: ...from her S/S 2009 RTW collection. This was also the dress presented at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week for the BARBIE RUNWAY SHOW: So much flirty fun... I'd end up light-headed from twirling too much, if I was wearing this go...

If you love Betsey Johnson as much as I do, then you will definitely want to check out this crazy sale that they are having in every one of their stores starting this Thursday and going through the 20th. For five days buy any of your favorite Betsey Johnson dresses (Fall Fashion Week Spring Col...

Filed under: Runway Trends , Fashion Week It's no secret that this year's fashion season is struggling against a super weak economy. You had to know something was wrong when designers like Vera Wang and Betsey Johnson dropped out of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, and then FW teamed up with McD...

Expatica France Barbie fashion through the years Hartford Courant, United States Barbie, the long-limbed American icon, celebrated her golden birthday in style with a bash at New York Fashion Week. What did she get? A runway show in her honor, where big-name designers such as Betsey Joh...

It's been a long fashion week . Voice editors Araceli Cruz and Stacey Anderson say goodbye. Stacey Andreson Best model at Betsey Johnson AC: Ok, I'm sad. I feel my life becoming ordinary again. SA: And I'm sick. It is so exhausting, this fabulousness. AC: That's what happens when you cover a gazil...

As Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week rolls forward, some of the most important reviews are starting to appear in print. Which big-name designer will be framing his WWD write-up? Who will be torching her I.H.T.? We know. Today Scorecard summarizes fashion reviews of Altuzarra , Betsey Johnson , Boy...

Stacey Anderson Patricia Field is just that into you Yesterday was day four of Fashion Week and also President's Day (pour a Veuve Clicquot on the curb for McKinley!), and your correspondents were happily back in our own turf: downtown. The Bryant Park tents in Midtown are glamorous, sure...

Betsey Johnson was one of many designers who chose to cancel their runway show this season, but that didn't stop her being as fun and funky as usual, albeit with a smaller presentation instead of the usual kitsch-fest of a catwalk show. Editors and buyers were invited to a retro...

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NEW YORK - There are fewer gift bags for fashion buyers and editors, and the steady stream of opulent parties has slowed to a trickle. Instead of pricey runway shows, big name designers such as Vera Wang and Betsey Johnson opted to unveil their fall lines in their showrooms. Marc Jacobs slash...

Valerie Bertinelli (in Christian Siriano ) and Tori Spelling (in Betsey Johnson ) were among the 20 celebs that catwalked for women's heart health in the first official show of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week . The annual Heart Truth Red Dress show was campy fun , as usual thanks to Cicely Tyson'...

Filed under: Fashion Week Sure, we've seen plenty of reports about designers dropping out of NYC Fashion Week (Betsey Johnson, Carmen Marc Valvo, Sass & Bide, Temperley, Celine, Vera Wang). We can't fault companies wanting to shave six figures off their marketing budgets. But with j...

The list of designers opting NOT to show at the upcoming New York Fashion Week is getting longer and longer. In addition to Betsey Johnson, Carmen Marc Valvo and Vera Wang, designers Monique Lhuillier and Naeem Khan won't be at the February tents. The two will be staging less expensive 'pres...

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Oscar the invincible. The economy is slowly eating away at next month's fall 2009 Fashion Week (hello, Vera Wang , Carmen Marc Valvo, Betsey Johnson , Monique Lhuillier, and Naeem Khan ). But even in this bearish financial wasteland, bulls walk alone in the night. Like Oscar de la Renta, who h...

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Monique Lhuillier, spring 2009 And then there were … two less. Vera Wang , Betsey Johnson, and Carmen Marc Valvo have opted out of Bryant Park runway shows, and now Monique Lhuillier and Naeem Khan have decided to do the same in favor of presentations. Paul Wilmot, whose PR firm represents bo...

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As New York Fashion Week approaches and designers from Betsey Johnson to Monique Lhuillier opt out of the pricey pageantry that is the fashion week production, the Barbie show we told you about back in November is still underway. Next month, 50 designers will send life-size Barbie fashio...

Besides the news that Betsey Johnson is forfeiting her New York Fashion Week show next season, another interesting bit of gossip has let slip... Source : Catwalk Queen (subscribe) Explore : Fashion, Fashion Shows, Lifestyle, New York

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A model on the runway at Luca Luca last Fashion Week Things that will be missing from this February's Fashion Week: Excess, glitz, joy, Betsey Johnson, and now, possibly, fashion bloggers. IMG has been rejecting press applications from online...

Hot on the heels of reports that some top designers have cancelled their Fall 2009 Fashion Week shows , we get this teaser: according to NY Mag , Betsey Johnson (one of the cancelling designers)—and we quote Betsey Johnson CEO Chantal Bacon—“is planning a limited-edition design collabo...

Filed under: Style in the News The recession has finally hit the fashion industry. Both Betsey Johnson and Carmen Marc Valvo will not show under the very expensive Bryant Park tents at New York Fashion Week in two months. [ Fashionista ] Count Vera Wang in, too. The designer has chosen to prese...

What: Several top designers, including Carmen Marc Valvo, Betsey Johnson, and Vera Wang are canceling their shows for New York’s Fall 2009 Fashion Week. What They Say: Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Runway Blog quoting an expert regarding the Valvo cancellation : “We didn’t know if w...

Sayonara, Avery Fisher Hall. Although a trifecta of fashion show bailouts hit this week from Vera Wang , Betsey Johnson , and Carmen Marc Valvo — all of whom won't show at the tents in February — not everyone is shying away from Bryant Park this Fashion Week. Tommy Hilfiger is returning his sho...

1. Vera Wang is the third designer so far to pull out of the tents this upcoming Fashion Week. Betsey Johnson and Carmen Marc Valvo have already opted not to show in Bryant Park. [ NYMag 2. Kate Moss... Explore : Carmen Marc Valvo, Fashion, Fashion Shows, Kate Moss, New York

We already told you that designers Betsey Johnson and Carmen Marc Valvo are pulling out of showing their collections at the Bryant Park tents this coming season. Even more shocking is the news that Vera Wang and her Fall 2009 will not be showing at the tents either - one of the biggest names in...

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Katie Holmes put in "two minutes" at her apartment building's Christmas party before making her way to her waiting SUV. [ P6 ] Citing cost issues, designers Betsey Johnson and Carmen Marc Valvo have decided against staging shows in the Bryant Park tents at this Feburary's Fashion Week. [ WS...

To mark the iconic doll's landmark birthday, parent company Mattel Inc. will focus on marketing Barbie as a fashion brand complete with a planned runway show in February as part of New York Fashion Week and a host of designer collaborations in the pipeline. Oooh, I hope they pick Betsey John...