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BY RACHEL SOKOL
nown for her punk-meets-pink feminine dresses, turning cartwheels on the catwalk, and her "out there" blonde hair, designer Betsey Johnson has always been a fearless fashion icon. Although Johnson fell victim to the poor economy and thus shuttered all her whimsical retail stores in 2011, she's very much still kickin'- in her leopardprinted wedges, of course. Now 70, this glam-ma (She has two granddaughters) and breast cancer survivor continues to razzle dazzle The Big Apple, the Connecticut native's favorite city and current residence.
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Her reality show XOX Betsey, which debuted this spring on the Style network and features her bombshell daughter Lulu, 38, captures the best of our beloved Betsey... today. We schmoozed with both Betsey and Lulu Johnson via phone and at the NBC Experience store in Manhattan, where the mother-daughter duo was promoting XOX Betsey and greeting fans. Q: What's the sexiest thing about being 70? Betsey Johnson: Well, that is exactly what I am going to try to figure out. I have to make up sexiness, it is not in my life and that's why I like designing the clothes I
