Betty Yokova was born in Prague, Bohemia in 1901,[1] and studied art in Paris.
[2] At the outbreak of World War II, Yokova closed her establishment.
[2] In 1963, she was presented with a Coty Award for her fur designs at Neustadter.
[4] In 1964, Yokova described her approach to design as seeing the pelts as fabrics, and being inspired by their textures and colors.
[2] She retired in 1967, and died on 24 April 1995, at the Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport.