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September's footwear fair in Milan drew a record 46,300 visitors. Yet while Italy exported 250 million pairs of shoes in 2006, output has fallen 30 per cent in the past five years in the face of competition from Asia's producers.
Writer: Ivan Carvalho Photographer: Luca Sage
Milan
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