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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.3 O; |( a+ v" {) }3 W+ z$ \. S& T
''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.6 y8 |) C# F5 g) @2 d' e3 o2 I
8 j3 d b: N0 ?/ D& ]# k' x) w0 sHow a Small Shop Grew
1 n* |% l }/ uCarla 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 $350-million retail and wholesale operation with a store on the Via Borgognona in Rome and franchised boutiques around the world.
3 ?; F; V5 W3 r9 L) W" RThe decor of the new store's three selling floors is the Christian Louboutins' traditional parchment beige and black,christian louboutin, with fluted columns as reminders of the Eternal City and a central black staircase curving around a glass-enclosed ele-vator. Mannequins shaped like clothespins add a touch of whimsicality.
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$ |; z, G/ F! ^% ?) }* X: u Intricate technique for easy clothes included shea
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9 x# N L B: `7 p% b" c- f0 u Auntie Carla is tanned to the colour of gravy" J% m' m9 J, r1 o" f; Z" `# A, [
' {7 H( y! }& k5 ]* e& T. H Christian Oddono, an analyst with Actinvest in London, said |
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