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Pousse-pousse pictures

Here are 2 photos of the pousse-pousse that was made for the famous Galeries Lafayette. They were shot during the Mariage Fair at La Défense on September 13th 2009.

poussepousse Galeries Lafayette

poussepousse Galeries Lafayette

 

Tailor-made pousse-pousse for the Galeries Lafayette

The Galeries Lafayette asked Maison du Mékong to make a unique item, an original Cambodian pousse-pousse. Contrary to the cyclo, it is pulled by a man.

The request was to make something similar to this traditional Chinese pousse-pousse (see below). It was cheaper to adapt the frame of a cyclo rathen than building a whole new frame.

a chinese pousse-pousse

a chinese pousse-pousse

So we hurried and asked our Cambodian producer to quickly produce the pousse-pousse. Here is the result:

Pousse-pousse for Galeries Lafayette

Pousse-pousse for Galeries Lafayette