{"id":434406,"date":"2026-10-22T04:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T04:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/434406\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T04:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T04:50:09","slug":"yes-her-legal-name-is-princess-betsy-mae-ask-ny-fashion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/434406\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, her legal name is Princess Betsy Mae; ask NY Fashion Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Betsy Mae Muller’s work coming to life at New York Fashion Week, via her Instagram.<\/p>\n

Betsy Mae Muller, a senior at the University of Miami\u2019s Business School and founder of Betsy Mae Art, is a princess. She loves pink, paints with \u201cmagic, love and anxiety\u201d and wears custom pieces she made for New York Fashion Week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Painting used to be her little secret. Not even her parents were allowed to see the artwork she started making in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was depressed, and everyone was isolated, obviously, so it\u2019s hard to be a teenage girl,\u201d Mae said. \u201cAnd then I didn\u2019t really show anyone. None of my friends in high school really knew that I painted at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Until the summer of her freshman year, when she looked around at the Turkish restaurant she was interning at and thought: \u201cThere has to be another way. I wish I was painting right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Art was her escape. It became her future.<\/p>\n

New York Fashion Week saw Mae\u2019s work come to life through a collaboration with Chloe Erowe, creator of Chloe Likes Pink. Mae made the prints and Erowe sewed the clothes for their \u201cDress Up\u201d collection.<\/p>\n

Before working together, they were strangers.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Chloe] did a magazine interview last year where she said that her dream collaborator would be me, which was like the coolest thing ever,\u201d Mae said. \u201cSo, I was like: Done. Let\u2019s make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a dream come true. Erowe and Mae connected through Instagram DMs, working together across continents as Mae did a study abroad program in Florence and Erowe stayed in New York. They didn\u2019t meet in person until the end of summer.<\/p>\n

Once Mae walked into the crowded showroom, she was blown away. The models wore her art like a second skin\u2014 flawless and elegant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like I was the least like the lamest person in the room because they all just looked so cool,\u201d Mae said. The room was filled with Pearson and FIT \u2014 Fashion Institute of Technology \u2014 students. \u201cAnd they were all appreciating my art. That was just surreal.\u201d<\/p>\n

One more person joined their team: Chelsea Galembo, founder of Musings New York\u2014a styling company. Galembo styled the models, from assembling the outfits to doing hair and makeup.<\/p>\n

When Mae started her small Etsy shop in 2021, Mae couldn\u2019t have imagined that it would grow into her own website<\/a>. From art prints to phone cases and tank tops, Mae monetized her not-so-secret passion. Of course, there were obstacles on the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got banned on Etsy because I had logos in some of my paintings,\u201d Mae said. \u201cThat day, I was like, I need to overhaul everything, and that\u2019s when I made my Shopify store.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the roadblocks, her audience skyrocketed, reaching over 45,000 Instagram followers<\/a>. She reached a sweet spot between \u201cluck and strategy.\u201d It was a fight against the ever-changing algorithm, one that is still ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since the beginning, though, she has always stayed true to herself. That is why she calls herself a \u201cprincess.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, it was a nickname my friends always had for me. When TikTok came out, I was always Princess Betsy Mae,\u201d Mae said. \u201cAnd when I started selling my art, it made sense as my personal branding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Mae has brought her passion back to the University of Miami. She spoke fondly of Dr. Susan Amat, her \u201cbusiness partner,\u201d and Director of Entrepreneurship Initiatives at the Business School.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Amat] helped me take it from like a little thing I was doing for fun, and she taught me to visualize it into something bigger,\u201d Mae said.<\/p>\n

This semester, Mae has also taken two UM Business School students as interns to run her social media.<\/p>\n

But even with everything art has given her, Mae is not sure where she will go after graduation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have trouble stating what exactly my vision is for Betsy Mae because I feel like it changes so often based on what opportunities come my way,\u201d Mae said.<\/p>\n

For now, she will be going back to her banking job, but art will always stay with her.<\/p>\n

She hopes everyone finds their passion, too.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Don\u2019t fall for the \u201cnonchalant epidemic\u201d is her main piece of advice. Find what you love and \u201cjust start doing something.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n