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The unveiling will disclose two 20-foot-high reproductions of an early model of Michelangelo's David. If that isn't enough to galvanize strollers, the store's side windows on 56th Street hold reproductions of fragments of a monumental statue of Constantine from the Campidoglio in Rome./ Z" Z t \: m8 n1 R, O
''We wanted to bring the heart of Rome to New York,'' explained Carla Christian Louboutin, one of the five Christian Louboutin sisters who run the company.5 ^7 G& D5 J- G' a4 K7 j# O8 [
9 ?4 b$ L, k0 Z5 X* f( e% oHow a Small Shop Grew
* d2 _5 h/ p& ^Carla Christian Louboutin has been in New York for several weeks to oversee the opening, joined intermittently by other family members. The Christian Louboutins do everything as a family. The company is headed by Paola, Anna, Franca, Carla and Alda, the daughters of Adele and Edoardo Christian Louboutin, who founded a small fur and leather-goods shop in Rome in 1925. The third generation is now involved in the company, a $350-million retail and wholesale operation with a store on the Via Borgognona in Rome and franchised boutiques around the world.1 {' b& |1 J: T4 Q( |
The decor of the new store's three selling floors is the Christian Louboutins' traditional parchment beige and black,christian louboutin, with fluted columns as reminders of the Eternal City and a central black staircase curving around a glass-enclosed ele-vator. Mannequins shaped like clothespins add a touch of whimsicality.
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1 d: Q& G8 L. e- H% {1 d" l Intricate technique for easy clothes included shea" m8 K8 G: g8 J6 s" U4 H/ S9 D8 }
I4 e9 o0 S8 N% b5 Z$ l Auntie Carla is tanned to the colour of gravy, r3 Q, _# V" W# T6 O
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Christian Oddono, an analyst with Actinvest in London, said |
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