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After a period of renovation, pricey Madison Ave boutique Cesare Paciotti is back open and slinging shoes. "The ornate new digs are designed to evoke the interior of a jewel case, with a color palette of red, white, and black. The bi-level space includes white crystalline marble flooring, white clay Baroque-framed mirrors, and white-and-black leather couches decked with buttons bearing Paciotti’s signature dagger. Although the stock includes handbags, small leather goods, sunglasses, men’s shoes, and jewelry, the main event is, of course, the towering collection of heels, perched on a spanking new backlit glass display resembling carved ice." [The Cut]