est of my:
to me.
eld, she viAt
new gig
was so sick '
tise and havi:
people My sqs
I wasn't
feated my w
'back"
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ward retai l:
ways had
I should

t

smile and

ctic access xx
the

tore, the 28-
e.
4.0tit with the
award bags and
Is at Imelda's
boutique she

wh o'd
for
s oes, does al the buyxg for her shop
'',from the Vicini wedge heel 16afers
:Luc Berjen anbo o ts She carries
high-style stock
desiOterS
Cynthia Rowley,
ie M and
Zeitgeist. But despite the Christiarta
beaded bags that Ung in her storeA
Leib sells without attitude, greetitig
customers with a smile and often
offering them coffee.
The West mfi. I.
Western M.
moved to
work at a spdriSWeii'COtir
r
nine months, she snagged a . sal es posi
tion the day she resigned by going
door-to-door with her resume. After

about three years in L.A., it was time
to come home.
"I missed home," says Leib. "I was
afraid to meet someone out there
because I didn't want to be stuck in

int*
was no
anyone,
purpose . : i'0

eat

ality, Leib le
uncle Jack
for.ShoeS,
shoe store...:
"I knewlw
creative. I r
get back in
thought I'd.
says.
Of course;
ness.
"I'm a
my friend
myself "
She ail

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tine wt t
everyth
sim le
shoes

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1997

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