REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MOSCOW - Politicians didn't like it, the public didn't like it, so the gigantic Louis Vuitton suitcase is being booted out of Red Square.
The GUM department store on Red Square, which is responsible for 30-feet (nine meters) high and 100-feet (30-meters) long construction, promised in a statement released Wednesday that it would be dismantled.
Politicians and public alike condemned the exhibit, a stone's throw from the tomb of communist leader Vladimir Lenin. State news agencies reported that the Kremlin had demanded the removal of the display.
The construction is part of an exhibition called "The Soul of Travel," marking Vuitton's 150th anniversary and was to open on Dec. 2. Louis Vuitton said the construction was a copy of a model owned by a Russian noble, Prince Vladimir Orlov.
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Brian
Being that it was constructed in the Red Square, the building permits, models, and drawings submitted prior to construction and approved by council somehow didn't represent the actual construction? Build it then tear it down? Bureaucracy lacks common sense everywhere..lol lol
Tee Gee
Ship it to California to house the homeless.
Commenter
yeah bring it here we can turn it into a homeless shelter and put it in one of our neighborhoods filled with foreclosed homes. A tribute to the success of capitalism. Or better yet ship it to China where they will copy it 20 times over and ship them back to us at a 10th of the price.