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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.: H: `' x: z0 e$ H: P
''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.7 @- D/ z7 O+ I3 s& ?! U# X
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How a Small Shop Grew
$ G. k+ _- r2 f+ \4 Q: G lCarla 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 $350-million retail and wholesale operation with a store on the Via Borgognona in Rome and franchised boutiques around the world.6 c$ [7 P$ P5 G
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.. c( A) Y" s! T) j
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Intricate technique for easy clothes included shea! [% F6 M! B$ C: L) x
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Auntie Carla is tanned to the colour of gravy6 e$ |* a( p* t" N! o9 s
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Christian Oddono, an analyst with Actinvest in London, said |
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