They found the perfect model in Crystal Renn, an industry barrier breaker whose 2010 book, Hungry, chronicles her battle with anorexia and preaches body positivity ("She studied all the animated moves to truly become Betty on set," marvels Posen). Heres everything you need to look like Betty Boop. His first dress, a flounce-hemmed mini, riffs on Betty's signature cocktail style, while the other, a mermaid-cut gown, channels more of a red-carpet moment. She wears a red strapless mini dress, red heels, a garter with a heart, and gold hoop earrings. "I'm all about a woman with ambition and drive," adds Posen. Blythes original look was inspired by Betty Boop and she was marketed as an alternative to Barbie dolls for young girls. "I've always been a huge fan of Betty," says the 36-year-old, who grew up reading comic books and watching reruns of the original cartoons with his father, himself an artist, who based his paintings on early animated characters.
After meeting with cartoonists from Fleischer Studios (the original creators of Betty Boop) and graduate students at the School of Visual Arts (who, for their master's thesis, were asked by King Features Syndicate vice president of creative services and SVA alum Frank Caruso to give the character a fresh look), the designer spent the next few months crafting two dresses he felt captured both her femininity and spunk.
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