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Betsey Johnson Reflects on Winning the CFDA’s Lifetime Achievement Award

From the moment this reporter walked into the Top of the Rock for the announcement of the CFDA Award nominees, it was clear that Betsey Johnson was about to be honored with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award.




The designer swanned around the room in a long red dress with sequin trim from her 1965 collection, smiling, posing for plenty of photos, and greeting any well-wisher who stopped by. Even though she got the good news earlier in the day, she couldn’t help but jump on stage with excitement after CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg announced her name to make a mini acceptance speech before jumping back down into the crowd—if there’s one thing you can count on Ms. Johnson for, it’s to bring her signature brand of joyous attitude wherever she goes. Read more

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