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Ulla Johnson is an American high-end women's clothing designer.



Early life and education
Her mother is Serbian and her father Danish; they are both archeologists who met on a dig in Serbia. Johnson was born and raised in New York City, where she attended Bronx Science. At the University of Michigan she obtained dual degrees in psychology and women's studies. Her original idea was to become an academic. She attended F.I.T., but did not get a degree.

Career
Her style has been described as free spirited, worldly, fluid and feminine. Johnson founded her line in 2000. Shortly therafter she had her first big break, when Barney's bought her collection, leading to a long association. She works with artisans around the world, primarily in India and Peru, looking for ideas and materials. She opened a Bleeker Street boutique in 2017 and a second in the Hamptons in 2019. She has been described as a cult figure among citified bohos, with her "clothes suited to life on a yacht somewhere off the sun-sequined coast of Sardinia."

Personal
Johnson lives in a brownstone in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, wth her husband and three children.