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Super Sized Vuitton by Josh Rubin
Though the French do seem to be eating a bit more McDonalds these days, they haven't lost sight of more interesting things to be super-sized. Instead of just covering the Champs Elysées Vuitton store with plywood for construction, they wrapped it in the classic LV print. They even went so far as creating faux hardware for the edges and corners. Lovely, really.
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