Well, I love fashion - but especially Louis Vuitton. In fact, Louis
Vuitton drives my love for fashion design and luxury!
Louis Vuitton, commonly known by its initals LV, is a French fashion house
founded by Louis Vuitton in 1854. Louis Vuitton’s heritage as a trunk
maker preceded even the founding of the company. It was in 1837 that a
16-year-old Louis Vuitton arrived in Paris by foot and started
apprenticing for Monsieur Maréchal. At the time, horse-drawn carriages,
boats and trains were the main modes of transportation, and baggage was
handled roughly. Travelers called upon craftsmen to pack and protect their
individual objects. Louis Vuitton quickly became a valued craftsman at the
Parisian atelier of Monsieur Maréchal. These were the roots of his highly
specialized trade; the beginnings of his career in an artisanal industry
that called upon skills to custom design boxes and, later, trunks
according to clients’ wishes. Louis Vuitton stayed for 17 years before
opening his own workshop at 4 Rue Neuve-des-Capucines near the Place
Vendome.
