Eclectic U.S. designer Betsey Johnson celebrated 30 years in the business with a cartwheel down the runway at New York’s Fashion Week on Monday in front of celebrities including hip hop mogul Russell Simmons, rocker Joan Jett and model/talk show host Tyra Banks.
    The 65-year-old showed her agility after bursting through a 30th birthday banner at the end of her Parisian themed show, which had brightly colored light bulbs hanging over cafe tables lining the runway and models in berets tracked with spotlights through a smoky atmosphere.
    “I love my company, I love going to work, I love all the people, it’s just a fun job,” Johnson told Reuters backstage, where bunches of brightly colored balloons hung from the clothes racks and a sign encouraged models to “dig it, cool it, own it.”
    Along with showing her latest collection, which featured sequins, polka-dots, florals and animal prints, Johnson also displayed her “favorite oldies,” taken mostly from collections in the late 70s and early 80s.