Capelli

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Ranked the number one football club in New Jersey for boys under 12, George Altirs’ Cedar Stars Academy is “almost his full time job now” he jokes. Established in 2011, the club currently trains up to 125 children between the ages of three and 12, including Altirs’ own boys. It was not the ball that carried Altirs up the ranks of success though. It was hair — or capelli in Italian. Altirs is the founder and chief executive of Capelli New York, a privately held company which designs, manufactures and markets private-label and branded products in the accessories, apparel and footwear industry for women, teens and kids.  We meet in the company’s headquarters in Midtown, during the busy market week when buyers visit to view the upcoming winter collection and Altirs asks me where my hair clip is from. “Claire’s,” I answer, and then he asks me where my scarf