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    Wacky Chicks and Very Cool Vespas

    They've rejected good taste in favor of outrageous personal style. Hear about the wackiest chicks in LA's fashion and interior decor. Plus, find out how the ultra-cool Vespa, an icon of the streets of Italy, has taken to the highways of Los Angeles.

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    By Frances Anderton • May 6, 2003 • 30m Listen

    Erik Larsen is national service manager for Piaggio USA. Simon Doonan is creative director for Barney-s New York, a columnist for the New York Observer, and author of Confessions of a Window Dresser and the newly published Wacky Chicks.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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