Bella Doña x Betty Boop Collection

Bella Doña wraps up Hispanic Heritage Month by joining Fleischer Studios’ Betty of the People! Initiative with the new apparel and accessories collaboration celebrating culture and community

Bella Doña, an innovative brand deeply connected to Chicano and Los Angeles culture, has partnered with industry leaders to expand its offerings. Co-founders LaLa Romero and Natalia Durazo, alongside Global Icons and Fleischer Studios, are set to launch a new line of apparel and accessories featuring the iconic character Betty Boop. This collaboration highlights Bella Doña's commitment to celebrating cultural heritage through fashion while honoring the legacy of classic animation. With this launch, fans can expect a fresh take on beloved designs that evoke nostalgia and contemporary style, bridging the gap between tradition and modernity. The partnership promises to enhance the visibility of Chicano culture within the broader fashion landscape, allowing for a unique expression of identity.

“Bella Doña is so proud to celebrate the spirit of sisterhood with our favorite fashion and beauty icon, Betty Boop! Betty has been a constant source of inspiration for our brand since its inception. From her bright bold red lips to the hoop earrings that she never takes off, Betty has reminded all of us to show up as our full selves daily! Betty is the original influencer, she has been THAT girl for decades and has been a muse for Chicana Culture throughout generations” said LaLa Romero, CEO and co-founder of Bella Doña.

The new Bella Doña x Betty Boop collaboration will debut October 11 th with new apparel and accessories featuring the beloved animated icon and will include tees, crewnecks, and tote bags. The collection will be available at bella-dona.com. Additional products will be released later as part of an ongoing series of Betty Boop pieces from the brand.

In addition to the new collection from Bella Doña, two other new collections from Latina-founded brands, Glamlite Cosmetics and Beauty Creations, have recently joined Fleischer Studios’ and their Betty of the People initiative. Launched earlier this year, Glamlite, founded by Gisselle Hernandez with a $1900 credit card loan has become one of the fastest-growing brands in the industry.

The Betty Boop x Glamlite collection was a sensation on social media and featured vibrant cosmetics and beauty accessories. Hernandez said, “I created a Betty Boop beauty collection as a way of paying homage to Betty, who serves as an inspiration to many women like myself to exude confidence, embrace ourselves, be fearless and most importantly, be sassy!”

This coming February, Beauty Creations, the popular beauty brand founded by Esmeralda Fernandez, will also launch a new Betty Boop collection featuring an array of cosmetics and personal accessories. Fernandez, a natural entrepreneur who started her first beauty company at just 15 years old after learning the business and working sales at swap meets with her mother, is passionate about affordable luxury and making her high-quality cosmetics, body care, and other personal care products accessible to everyone.

“I was inspired to work with Betty Boop because she represents timeless beauty and bold individuality. Her playful yet confident spirit aligns with our mission at Beauty Creations—to empower people to express their unique beauty with confidence and fun,” said Fernandez.

All three launches are part of the expanding Betty of the People initiative, a program created by Fleischer Studios to make Betty Boop more accessible to a wide range of cultures and communities around the world.

As explained by Mark Fleischer, Chairman and CEO of Fleischer Studios, “For nearly a century, Betty Boop has been loved by an incredible range of communities around the world. The Betty of the People initiative was designed with the goal of creating Betty collaborations with various communities to create and showcase organic designs that genuinely reflect the values and cultures of those communities.”

ABOUT BETTY BOOP AND FLEISCHER STUDIOS

First introduced in 1930, Betty Boop was created by Max Fleischer for his “Talkartoons” series, the world’s first animated “talkies” which Max’s company, Fleischer Studios, produced for Paramount Studios. Betty initially appeared as a dog-like stage performer who sang and danced with another dog-like character named Bimbo, joyfully entertaining vast audiences of other Fleischer characters from the animal kingdom. 

Inspired by the collective energy, style and sound of the many popular Jazz Age flappers and entertainers of the 1920s, Betty quickly evolved into a full-fledged human character, and by 1932 she had become the only female animated screen star in the world. Voiced by Mae Questel, Betty starred inmore than 100 cartoons, 90 of which are included in the official Betty Boop series, which ended in 1939. Since then, Betty has appeared in dozens of hit movies, television specials, commercials, and was the first cartoon character to be profiled by A&E’s Biography series. Also, There is a fun and cute Betty Boop musical coming to broadway in 2025.

Today, Fleischer Studios with their team of creative professionals and worldwide licensing agency, Global Icons (www.globalicons.com), continue to parlay the iconic Betty Boop into a worldwide licensing and entertainment phenomenon, delighting millions of fans and collectors alike. Please visit them online at FleischerStudios.com and BettyBoop.com.

ABOUT GLOBAL ICONS, LLC

For 25 years, Global Icons LLC has continually increased consumer loyalty for some of the world’s top. trademarks, expanding the consumer base of its clients through the creation of new products and distribution channels.  Select clients include Danone North America, HOSTESS BRANDS, TURTLE WAX,Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Betty Boop, United States Postal Service, Vespa, Colgate-Palmolive, among others. For more information visit GlobalIcons.com.