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Totally Booked with Zibby

Betsey Johnson, BETSEY: A MEMOIR

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4602 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

I recently interviewed Betsey Johnson, the supremely colorful, world-renowned fashion designer and author of Betsey: A Memoir. A designer at the forefront of fashion for the past forty years, Betsey's new memoir illustrates more than just her iconic brand, exploring the fierce fashion industry, motherhood, love, cancer, and more. Betsey and I talked about hard work, talent, and luck as a trifecta that has contributed to her path, being a Leo, and asking for what you want and need.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast.

0:12.1

Moms don't have time to read books.

0:14.1

Please sign up for my newsletter at Zibbeowens.com for updates on podcast guests and lots of live events. Hi everybody. I'm thrilled to be partnering

0:23.6

with Start Small, Think Big. You need to know about them. They help under-resourced entrepreneurs

0:29.5

gain access to critical services they need to build sustainable small businesses

0:33.3

that generate real wealth for themselves or families in their communities. They do this by engaging with a top-tier network of professional volunteers

0:40.7

who provide free and high-quality legal, financial and marketing support.

0:44.8

Last year alone, their volunteer network provided 1,300 small businesses with pro bono support

0:50.5

valued at $14 plus million.

0:53.3

95% of start small's businesses are women, minority, or under-resourced entrepreneurs.

0:59.7

No other nonprofit organization in the country provides this kind of comprehensive support

1:03.8

to the population.

1:05.2

Start Small Think Big has developed a page on their website called Shop Our Businesses,

1:10.5

and this page features some of the businesses that they are supporting who are currently doing business online and need help now more than ever to support their businesses.

1:19.4

So go to StartSmart ThinkBig.org and help out.

1:23.2

I'm here today with Betsy Johnson, who's the world-renowned fashion designer and author of Betsy a memoir.

1:29.1

A designer at the forefront of fashion for the past 40 years, Betsy is the recipient of the Council of Fashion Designers of America Timeless Talent Award,

1:37.9

the National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement in Fashion, and she even has a plaque on the Fashion Walk of Fame.

1:44.0

She currently

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lives in Malibu. Good morning, Zibb? Good morning. That's a trippy great name. I think.

1:52.8

I wonder where that came from. It's from Elizabeth, a nickname from when I was a little baby.

2:00.5

I should have been Betsy from Elizabeth.

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