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Byline: GENEVIEVE BAHRENBURG editor: Sally Singer
Provocative Parisian artist Niki de Saint Phalle, whose papier-mAcentschA[c] sculptures explore conflicting female archetypes, was the inspiration behind Vera Wang's spring line, full of romantic frocks and prim pencil skirts juxtaposed with feisty-girl accessories embellished with studs and oversize grommets. "There's a bit of femininity but also a lot of toughness," Wang says of both her clothes and debut handbags, which hit her new boutique on Manhattan's Mercer Street next month. The collection, a response to all "the hippie hobos on the markets," includes the Nikicalfskin or duchesse silk on a resin frame ...