Ivy Supersonic (Born "Ivy Silberstein" on June 12, 1967) is a New York fashion designer, entertainer, publicist, promoter, event planner, and animated character designer. She is the daughter of Jerome Silberstein, co-founder of Silberstein, Awad & Miklos.

Fashion and promotion

Ivy is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology. During her college years she launched the denim brand I.B.I.V. The jeans impressed then-Vogue fashion editor Elizabeth Salzman and within three months of their launch the jeans were featured on the cover of Women's Wear Daily. Her jeans were also featured on MTV, Beverly Hills 90210 and Good Morning America. Ivy has designed hats for Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra, Snoop Dogg, Hillary Clinton, George Clinton, and P. Diddy among others. Reality tv star Omarosa wore a hat designed by Ivy on the season finale of The Apprentice.

Ivy has thrown parties for Gene Simmons, Wyclef Jean, Tongue Magazine, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Mira! Magazine, and adult actress Gina Lynn.

Ivy had a cartoon character of herself tattooed on her body for the tv show Miami Ink by tattoo artist Kat Von D. The Ivy Supersonic cartoon originated at Universal Music Group. Supersonic bought the cartoon of herself back from Universal in 2002, when they had a high staff turn over. Ivy had 17 tattoos done in 30 days to protest the Sqrat case.

Controversies

Sqrat

Ivy contends that the idea for the character Scrat from the movie Ice Age was stolen from her after she pitched her character Sqrat, a cross between a squirrel and a rat that she claims to have seen in Central Park, to 20th Century Fox movie executives. Ivy claims she created the character in 1999. A CNN report by Jeanie Moos of Ivy's discovery was aired in 2000, 2 years before Ice Age went into development.

Ivy was offered a $300,000 settlement by Fox but turned it down, and subsequently lost the case. The case is currently in appeal (Case # 04401 Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, NYC). Ivy has continued her "Make Rupert Murdoch Pay" campaign in hopes of still receiving damages for her perceived infringement.

Plumm Nightclub

On October 27, 2007, Ivy started a public feud with New York nightclub owner Noel Ashman over $1000 Ivy feels she is owed for a party she hosted at Ashman's Plumm nightclub. Supersonic admitted to defacing the club after Ashman refused to pay her the money. Supersonic faced felony vandalism charges, but through a plea on The Howard Stern Show received enough donations to pay her legal fees and stayed out of jail.

The Tyra Banks Show

Supersonic was thrown off The Tyra Banks Show on October 26, 2007, after producers did not like her tattoos showing through her dress. Ivy was given a shirt to cover the tattoos up but instead ripped the shirt and threw it on the floor and was subsequently asked to leave.

Personal Life

Supersonic began dating Howard Stern Show writer Benjy Bronk in mid-November of 2007. She details this and the Stern Show's coverage on her own website.