Louis Vuitton

We've long thought Louis Vuitton's epic handbags are museum quality, but now their flagship store will be, too.

Starting tomorrow at Louis Vuitton's Fifth Avenue Maison, models of dinosaur fossils will appear in the windows, propping up and interacting with classic Vuitton bags including the Speedy, the Sofia Coppola (created in partnership with the filmmaker), and the Alma. Mannequins dressed in Vuitton's Pre-Fall 2013 collection will "ride" the dinosaurs, too (but with considerably less carnage and more status accessories than Laura Dern in Jurassic Park).

The project was inspired by a visit to the French Natural History Museum in Paris's Les Jardins des Plantes. As these exclusive behind-the-scenes images from the Vuitton studio prove, when history repeats itself, it sometimes gets much more chic.

Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton

Faran Krentcil Editor at Large, ELLE.com "Her beauty and her brain go not together." —William Shakespeare

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