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RE-BARRE

To stay focused and inspired, Carbon38 co-founder Katie Warner Johnson returns to her old love of ballet
GREAT LEAP FORWARD Katie Warner Johnson, at the apex of a grand jeté, during a recent solo ballet workout in downtown Los Angeles.

WHEN SHE WAS very young, Katie Warner Johnson, the co-founder of online activewear boutique Carbon38, heard the music and started to move. “We grew up with Tchaikovsky and Chopin,” says Johnson, 31. “You can’t help but dance.” At 3, she was twirling

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