Ivy Supersonic (born Ivy Silberstein; 1967) is a

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fashion designer, self-promoter, event planner, and animated character designer. She is the daughter of

Jerome Silberstein Jerome D. Silberstein, owner of Silberstein, Awad & Miklos (May 27, 1924 - February 20, 2005) Silberstein, Awad & Miklos won the largest verdict of the year in 2002 in Nassau County. The 35 million dollar verdict was against hospital and pediatr ...

, founder of Silberstein, Awad & Miklos. She also paints under her birth name.

Fashion and promotion

Supersonic is a graduate of the

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. 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 ''

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'', have also been featured on

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, ''

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'' and ''

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''. She has designed hats for

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, and George Clinton, among others.

Visual arts

Supersonic pursued legal action against

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after

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, a character in the

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franchise, appeared to bear a resemblance to Sqrat, a squirrel-rat hybrid she presented to

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in 1999. Supersonic pitched the idea to several studios and was in talks with

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for him to voice the character. In 2003, a judge found Supersonic and Blue Sky had equal claim to Scrat.

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, which inherited Blue Sky and the franchise in its purchase of

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entertainment assets, reached a settlement in 2019. The copyright to “Sqrat” was given to Supersonic and the copyright to “Scrat” was given to Fox. Her dispute would issue concerns over Scrat's presence within any upcoming installments within the Ice Age franchise, leading to criticism against her on Twitter. In 2017, as Ivy Silberstein, she had a show of her artwork, particularly her watercolors, in Manhattan.

References

External links

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Ivy's Official Homepage
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