May 4, 2020
Betsey Johnson went from a “cornball Connecticut” childhood to hanging out with Andy Warhol and selling clothes to Prince. She joined me on the podcast to chat about her new memoir, which includes stories on:
- How she got her start in fashion sewing clothes at night to sell to her co-workers
- Hiring sex workers and strippers to model her clothes at her early shows
- Getting married in a top that barely covered her crotch because the marriage official didn’t approve of her bell-bottom pants
- How she worked with Mark Vitulano, her former receptionist, to write the book
- Why pedaling her own bicycle is her secret to success
- Why you’re only as good as your last sale