Capitol

Laura Vinroot Poole is fashion retails entrepreneurial rule-breaker. Her experiential in-store events and eye for emerging design talent mixed with venerable brands have established Capitol as the premiere boutique of the South, transporting womens wardrobes into a magical world of expressive style. Capitol is a journey to dressing well, and Laura has long guided that mission by offering a combination of femininity and attitude, with lots of patterns and color, never holding back an opportunity for a woman to stand out in a crowd. A native of Charlotte and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lauras vision for Capitol was influenced by sentimental shopping trips with her mother, which while growing up required drives to Atlanta and New York to visit the premier department stores and specialty shops of the time. Laura noticed an opportunity in her hometown for the presentation of European labels, as well as emerging designers, to likeminded women with a sa...