joann berman 

JoAnn Berman was born in the Bronx Ny and grew up in  on the upper west side and came of age in soho in the late 1970s.Her first job ,at  FOOD resturant on prince street  had her serving such soho regulars as Martin Scorscese,Robert DenIro ,Jean MIchel Basquiat,and julian Schnable.She spent her nights at Club 57 ,danceteria and the MUDD clud and played synthesizer in Patti Paladins band at CBGBs and Max's Kansas City.In 1979,she ran away to London to become a   punk rock star and sewed clothes for the Only Ones and Steve Strange and put  herself through St.martin by selling ice cream and bondage trousers.In 1984 she returned to the east Village and became a driving force in the BBoy hip hop   and beginings of the urban clothing movement founding BoiyKrazi along with Cross colors ,Karl Kanai,and 555 Soul . inventing the Jail suit,an urban clothing must have for the likes of Puffy ,jodeci ,heavyD. tribe called Quest ,NWA and did tours for Salt'N'Pepa and  also to date Rihanna ,,,  she has had 2 short lived but infamous stores  ,one in East harlem which was  arsoned  and one in brooklyn and has written ,directed and produced 3 films and has wardrobe styled many others ,she has seen it ,done it and sewed it ALL !JoAnn currently resides in manhattan with her husband Leonel and works in her loft in Bushwick.Her lines are available   in stores SEPT ! !!please email for information .

JoAnn Berman is a New york /London based artist/designer