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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.
5 Q) ?; H5 {" 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.9 Z% y. q0 G7 o, u
0 x' m( }& F& X* Z lHow a Small Shop Grew
2 I! p' M/ n, b, Q" Q/ E. bCarla 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 $350-million retail and wholesale operation with a store on the Via Borgognona in Rome and franchised boutiques around the world.# D* T6 I3 ]" e3 U; `* M% D
The decor of the new store's three selling floors is the Christian Louboutins' traditional parchment beige and black,christian louboutin, with fluted columns as reminders of the Eternal City and a central black staircase curving around a glass-enclosed ele-vator. Mannequins shaped like clothespins add a touch of whimsicality.8 b8 M" a! c" Q' C7 S' s
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Intricate technique for easy clothes included shea: z& V$ g) ]8 W* p$ W; R1 T
$ M& A; v6 M6 h4 A1 u* Q4 G Auntie Carla is tanned to the colour of gravy
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# L7 c' x3 f8 @( h& Z: v Christian Oddono, an analyst with Actinvest in London, said |
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