Louis Vuitton Show the Making of a Giant Yayoi Kusama Statue

Everyone seems to have become enamored with Louis Vuitton’s latest artist collaborator Yayoi

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Everyone seems to have become enamored with Louis Vuitton‘s latest artist collaborator Yayoi Kusama, and it seems Selfridges is no exception as the storied British retailer recently unveiled a 13-foot-tall statue of the artist at their London location. The massive fiberglass figure tower’s over the retailers main entrance on London’s famed Oxford Street, the busiest shopping street in Europe. Watch as the statue comes to life, from the labor-intensive construction to the painting of her trademark polka dots and if you happen to be in London don’t forget to check out Selfridges, the only place where the second set of the Louis Vuitton collection is available.

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