One of the most exuberant fashion designers today, Betsey Johnson, is talking about retiring after her September showing. Although retirement is on her mind, abandoning fashion altogether is not. She would still like to be a consultant for her line.

“I’ll go in. I want to be like Ralph [Lauren]. Like, I always imagined the perfect life is like Ralph, where he goes in, and his wonderful expert crews show him work, and he goes, ‘Love it, love it, love it, um, we’ll just put that aside for the moment, love it, love it, hmmm.’ You know what I mean?” she said. “And be that — be the inspiration, the light at the end of the tunnel, the fairy godmother that comes down.”

Her signature cartwheels down the runway will be sorely missed.

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