Paul Smith Store Vandalized In West Hollywood

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – The Paul Smith store at Melrose and Harper was vandalized early Wednesday morning, according to workers who have been re-painting the iconic pink building ever since. Reportedly, the graffiti said "Go f*** ur selfie," which would seem to make it a crime – not against the store – but what may be considered the inanity of human nature, with respect to every variety of tourist and visitor who makes this a pit stop for selfies and old school photo ops that require at least one other person to be photographer.

If this was an "inside" job, i.e., committed by some irate neighbor, for any number of reasons –fewer parking spots, more traffic congestion, jaywalking, etc., it may turn out to have backfired, as it doesn't seem to have diminished the amount of photos being taken, even in mid-repair, as these painters were still at it, as of 3:30 p.m., when the accompanying photographs were taken.

News about this incident was how a meeting of West Hollywood’s “Artists Roundtable” got underway a few hours later at the Public Library on San Vicente, less than a mile away, and it seemed especially assaulting for the artists in attendance, who have a hard enough time finding a legitimate space to exhibit their work, not to mention, generating publicity.