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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]
The Louis Vuitton label was founded by Vuitton in 1854 on Rue Neuve des Capucines in Paris. [21] Louis Vuitton had observed that the HJ Cave Osilite [22] trunk could be easily stacked. In 1858, Vuitton introduced his flat-topped trunks with Trianon canvas, making them lightweight and airtight. [21]
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]
The myth grew with his ascent as artistic director of women’s collections at Louis Vuitton, where his predecessor Marc Jacobs had paved the way for a leather goods colossus to become a $9.5 ...
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 ...
A viral claim asserts that Louis Vuitton sponsored human zoos in the 19th and 20th centuries. Louis Vuitton says the claim is false.
1 History. 2 Notable events. 3 References. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... It is a subsidiary of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. History
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pamela Golbin is the custodian of the history of French taste”. [8] ... Louis Vuitton, a 19th-century ...