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- BUSINESS, Page 45Business NotesNEW YORKEnd of A Dream
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- In the roaring '80s, Carolyn Roehm became the archetype of
- what Tom Wolfe called the social X ray: a super-thin, high-profile
- fashion designer who consorted with the ultra-rich and married
- multimillionaire leveraged-buyout-king Henry Kravis. With
- Kravis' backing, she launched her own couture in 1985 and
- specialized in luxe items like ball gowns that cost as much as
- $6,000 each.
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- But Carolyn Roehm, Inc., suffered from management shuffles
- and poor sales. Last week Roehm, 40, suddenly announced that
- she was shutting down. The Wall Street Journal reported that
- Kravis had invested more than $20 million in his wife's anemic
- business since 1985 and had grown weary of the financial drain.
- While that may be true in part, Roehm says the real catalyst for
- her decision was the tragic death of Kravis' 19-year-old son
- Harrison in a July automobile accident.
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