Betsey Johnson, uptown girl.Photo: Getty Images
Last year Betsey Johnson sold a majority stake in her company to Castanea Partners, an equity group based in Cambridge. The extra cash flow helped Johnson purchase not one, but two apartments uptown on Madison Avenue. She lives in one, and her daughter and granddaughter live in the other. This seemed a rather blasphemous move for Johnson, who blossomed to fame from deep downtown roots. But Johnson has taken to the uptown lifestyle like manatees to lazy Florida rivers, thanks to the shopping:
We kind of wanted her to miss downtown more, but who are we kidding? If we could afford to live out our Gossip Girl fantasies, we’d love it, too.
Magic Johnson [WWD]
