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Louis Vuitton (French: [lwi vɥitɔ̃] ⓘ; 4 August 1821 – 27 February 1892) [1] was a French fashion designer and businessman. He was the founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH. Prior to this, he had been appointed as trunk-maker to Empress Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III. [2]
In 1983, the company joined with America's Cup to form the Louis Vuitton Cup, a preliminary competition (known as an eliminatory regatta) for the yacht race. Louis Vuitton later expanded its presence in Asia with the opening of a store in Taipei, Taiwan in 1983 and Seoul, South Korea in 1984. In the following year, 1985, the Epi leather line ...
Georges Ferréol Vuitton (13 July 1857 – 26 October 1936) was the only child of Louis Vuitton (1821–1892; French designer and trunk maker for Empress Eugénie de Montijo [1] [2]) and Clemence-Emilie Vuitton, [3] who succeeded his father as head of the Louis Vuitton brand, which is now a brand under the umbrella of the parent company LVMH ...
The Louis Vuitton Foundation (French: Fondation d'entreprise Louis-Vuitton), previously Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation (Fondation Louis-Vuitton pour la création), is a French art museum and cultural center sponsored by the group LVMH and its subsidiaries.
In 1984, he took Louis Vuitton public at the stock exchange. In 1987, he merged Moet Hennessy and Louis Vuitton creating LVMH . Between 1987 and 1990 he and Alain Chevalier , the other co-founder of the luxury group conducted an open war against Bernard Arnault who was taking over power; Arnault was successful and ejected Racamier from the ...
Paris Hilton is stepping up her TikTok game! The 39-year-old heiress took to the social media platform on Wednesday, July 15, with fashion-forward tips for getting your sweat on at home. Naturally ...
The Facebook CEO took out full-page ads in several British and American newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Mark Zuckerberg takes out full-page newspaper ads to say 'sorry ...
In 2022, Louis Vuitton announced a €1 million donation to UNICEF to help the Ukrainian victims of the Russian invasion. [107] On 2 March 2022, LVMH Group pledged €5 million to the Red Cross to those affected by the war. [108] [109] In addition, the company closed 124 of its stores in Russia. [110]