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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]
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 company was formed in 1987 through the merger of fashion house Louis Vuitton (founded in 1854) with Moët Hennessy, which had been established by the 1971 merger between the champagne producer Moët & Chandon (founded in 1743) and the cognac producer Hennessy (founded in 1765).
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 ...
Nicolas Ghesquière’s debut at Louis Vuitton, the Fall 2014 collection. Stephane Cardinale - Corbis - Getty Images Ashley Brokaw, casting director : “Nicolas gets into models as much as I do.
To celebrate the store’s opening, Louis Vuitton held a star-studded party on Thursday night, where guests including Ana de Armas, Este Haim, Martha Stewart, and Bradley Cooper were in attendance ...
Louis Vuitton, founded in 1854, was the first malletier to manufacture a flat-topped trunk, "gray Trianon canvas flat trunk" that was lightweight and airtight. All trunks before this had rounded tops for water to run off, and thus could not be stacked.
Luxury brand Louis Vuitton is 'celebrating' the founder's bicentennial birthday globally with a series of creative initiatives entitled Louis 200.