If a girl comes to me first for a prom or a bar mitzvah and she likes the way she looks and her boyfriend likes the way she looks, she'll come back.

In her first year her debut collection for Alley Cat reportedly sold $5 million in volume. Her bronze plaque held one of her original sketches. Following her split from Cale Betsey Johnson relocated to San Francisco California and New York City.

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