Ivy Supersonic
{{Short description|American artist}}
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|birth_name = Ivy Silberstein
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967}}
|birth_place = New York City, United States
|occupation = Fashion Designer
Entertainer
Animated Character Creator
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Ivy Supersonic (born Ivy Silberstein; 1967) is a New York City fashion designer, self-promoter, event planner, and animated character designer.{{cite news|title=No: 1643 Ivy Supersonic|publisher=The Guardian (London)|date=May 26, 2000}} She is the daughter of Jerome Silberstein, founder of Silberstein, Awad & Miklos.[http://www.ivysupersonic.com/oct24pr.html Infamous Medical Malpractice Attorney Jerome D. Silberstein Brutally Mutilated By Malpractice] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618183349/http://www.ivysupersonic.com/oct24pr.html |date=2006-06-18 }} She also paints under her birth name.
Fashion and promotion
Supersonic is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology. She launched the denim brand I.B.I.V. during her university student years. Within three months of their launch, the jeans were featured on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, have also been featured on MTV, Beverly Hills, 90210 and Good Morning America.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} She has designed hats for Pamela Anderson,{{cite news|title=Tommy Lee's Latest Love|work=New York Post|date=July 23, 2002}} Carmen Electra, Snoop Dogg,{{cite news|title=Note Worthy|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=September 14, 2001}} and George Clinton, among others.{{cite news|first=George|last=Rush|title=Liam Finds Oasis in Ivy League|work=Daily News|location=New York|date=June 20, 2000}}
Visual arts
Supersonic pursued legal action against 20th Century Fox after Scrat, a character in the Ice Age franchise, appeared to bear a resemblance to Sqrat, a squirrel-rat hybrid she presented to Blue Sky Studios in 1999. Supersonic pitched the idea to several studios and was in talks with Tommy Lee for him to voice the character.{{cite web | url=http://ivysmedia.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=918842&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 | title=Pam & Tommy }}
In 2003, a judge found Supersonic and Blue Sky had equal claim to Scrat. Disney, which inherited Blue Sky and the franchise in its purchase of 21st Century Fox entertainment assets, reached a settlement in 2019.{{cite news |last1=Connolly |first1=Jason |title=The Real Reason Scrat Wasn't In The Ice Age Adventures Of Buck Wild |url=https://www.looper.com/751929/the-real-reason-scrat-wasnt-in-the-ice-age-adventures-of-buck-wild/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |work=Looper.com |date=31 January 2022 |archive-date=1 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201192642/https://www.looper.com/751929/the-real-reason-scrat-wasnt-in-the-ice-age-adventures-of-buck-wild/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Disney Loses Rights To Scrat From Ice Age Following Trademark Dispute |url=https://www.thegamer.com/disney-loses-scrat-following-trademark-dispute/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |work=TheGamer |date=30 January 2022 |archive-date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204084550/https://www.thegamer.com/disney-loses-scrat-following-trademark-dispute/ |url-status=live }} The copyright to “Sqrat” was given to Supersonic and the copyright to “Scrat” was given to Fox.{{cite web | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/artist-says-fox-lawyers-tried-to-pay-him-scrat-2022-3?amp | title=Artist says Fox lawyers tried to pay him in legal battle over Scrat character | website=Business Insider }}
In 2017, as Ivy Silberstein, she had a show of her artwork, particularly her watercolors, in Manhattan.{{Cite web|url = https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58f4ef23e4b015669722514e|title = Review: Ivy Silberstein's Psychic Watercolors|date = 17 April 2017|access-date = 5 November 2017|archive-date = 12 April 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220412100020/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/review-ivy-silbersteins-psychic-watercolors_b_58f4ef23e4b015669722514e|url-status = live}}
References
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External links
- {{imdb name|id=0839473|name=Ivy Supersonic}}
- [http://www.ivysupersonic.com/ Ivy's Official Homepage]
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Category:American fashion designers
Category:Fashion Institute of Technology alumni