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Did the fourteen year old young lad on his journey from Anchury to Paris himself imagine that a century later he will become a brand to reckon? That his name will be taken synonymously with adjectives like niche and pioneer. Moving to Paris and working as an apprentice was just the first rung of the ladder which would take young Louis Vuitton to the heights most don’t even dare to dream of.
Vuitton started off with creativity and innovation as his mantra. Making none other than the Empress of France his first buyer. He was the first trunk maker to have created a flat topped trunk as opposed to the prevailing rounded offs which made stacking an easy task as compared to the inability of the rounded off trunks to be stacked smoothly. His rising popularity also gave a steep rise to imitations, trying to make some smooth moolah from Vuitton’s name and fame. This resulted in another inadvertent innovation – the distinctive stripes and checkerboard patterns which became synonymous to class and luxury in the late nineteenth century Europe. The demands of a rising business resulted in a relocation to Asnières-sur-Seine and then followed the laurels and recognition wherever Louis Vuitton the man and the brand went. Soon a store was opened in London thus marking the advent of Louis Vuitton in the international scenario.
Louis died at the age of seventy-one leaving behind a legacy to his son and heir Georges Vuitton who like a true son of his father took the LV brand to great heights. Infact, the Monogram was designed by Georges which was considered to be the first designer logo in the history of fashion. After travel items LV made an entry into an array of businesses, the handbag division was started in the same year in which Louis Vuitton died and Georges remained loyal to one constant thing and that was change. Changing times and trends saw the Louis Vuitton products being sold all over the United States of America where Georges personally toured and sold items during the visits.From travel luggage to handbags to Noe bags these bags were used to carry bottles of champange - the most was being made of the two letters together ‘L’ and ‘V’.
Then came time for another handover from Georges Vuitton to Gaston Louis Vuitton, In the year 1936 when Georges Vuitton passed away it also in some ways paved way for the corporate Louis Vuitton, the Louis Vuitton post industrial revolution but the only trade off here was the personal touch which every LV carried during the times of Louis and Georges Vuitton. Today personal touch means Haute Couture – special orders. This in no way means that the standards faltered, even today an LV creation not meeting their strict standards is destroyed thus giving the consumer his complete value for money. Though it is said that with George Vuitton’s demise marked the end of the golden age of Louis Vuitton.
The task for Gaston Louis Vuitton was simple and yet so complex. He had to maintain and perhaps add to what what was handed over to him, there was not the ‘starting from scratch’ involved but the conditions and the times had become so dynamic that becoming complacent would be the last thing on anyone’s mind lest of all an entreprenuer. The brand saw an even innovation and expansion with the third generations of the Vuittons. Gaston Louis Vuitton died in the year 1969. And with him enters Patrick Louis Vuitton who initially denied family tradition and was keen on pursuing a career as a veterinarian. Post Gaston Vuitton’s death LV became more a corporate than a family heirloom.
The year 1987 saw the merger of Louis Vuitton and Moet-Hennessey to form LVMH.
Further in the year 1998 Marc Jacobs an American fashion designer became the artistic director of Louis Vuitton. From travel bags to leather goods at large, from perfumes to designer clothing line, from watches to travel books. Louis Vuitton has voyaged far and it was just in the year 2004 that they celebrated the hundred and fiftieth year since that first store in Paris was opened by LV the man and now the immortal monogram.
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