Where to find a classic Louis Vuitton trunk

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Last December, a gigantic monogrammed Louis Vuitton trunk descended upon the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The structure, a façade concealing the development of a new Louis Vuitton hotel, was instantly recognisable. Trunks were the original Vuitton product and, more than 150 years after Louis Vuitton founded his label in 1854, they remain the most iconic expression of…