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Designer Kim Jones says the Vuitton collection 'is about someone who, from America and England, picks up and leaves and goes slightly native'

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A model wears a creation by British-born designer Kim Jones and U.S designer Marc Jacobs as part of Louis Vuitton's spring-summer 2012 men's collection, presented in Paris, Thursday, June 23, 2011.Jacques Brinon/AP

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Models wear creations by British-born designer Kim Jones and U.S designer Marc Jacobs as part of Louis Vuitton's spring-summer 2012 men's collection, presented in Paris, Thursday, June 23, 2011.Jacques Brinon/AP

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A model wears a creation by British-born designer Kim Jones and U.S designer Marc Jacobs as part of Louis Vuitton's spring-summer 2012 men's collection, presented in Paris, Thursday, June 23, 2011.Jacques Brinon/AP

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A model wears a creation by British-born designer Kim Jones and U.S designer Marc Jacobs as part of Louis Vuitton's spring-summer 2012 men's collection, presented in Paris, Thursday, June 23, 2011.FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images

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A model wears a creation by British-born designer Kim Jones and U.S designer Marc Jacobs as part of Louis Vuitton's spring-summer 2012 men's collection, presented in Paris, Thursday, June 23, 2011.FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images

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