Louis Vuitton, founder of the legendary Louis Vuitton label was born August 4th 1821. In 1854 the Louis Vuitton label was founded in Paris, France on Rue Neuve des Capucines. Vuitton products come in a wide range of luxury goods, jewelry, shoes, belts, clothing, designer handbags, and more. His brand became one of the world's most popular leading international fashion industry. The Vuitton label has also been named one of the worlds most valuable top designer fashions of its time. In 2012 the brand valued in at $25.9 billion U.S. dollars and a revenue of $9.4 billion.

The company as I know, now values at 28.8 billion. In 1867 the company joined the universal exhibition in Paris to protect his look against the replication of his style. he then changed the Trianon design style to a beige and brown stripe design. The company opened its first store in London on Oxford St. in 1885. It wasn't until then Vuitton Created the Damier canvas pattern due to constant duplication.

Vuitton's Youth

Vuitton descended from an established working class family of joiners, farmers, carpenters, and milliners. Xavier Vuitton, his father, was a farmer and Corrine Gaillard, his mother was, a milliner. She passed when Vuitton was 10 years old. At age 13, Vuitton left home headed for Paris. Vuitton traveled for 2 years taking on odd jobs to feed himself and stayed wherever he could find shelter. He walked a 292 mile trek from his birthplace Anchay to Paris. Vuitton finally arrived to Paris in 1837! At just 16 years of age, he would become an apprentice in a workshop of a successful packer and box-maker named Monsieur Marechal.

Vuitton's Passion Becomes Success

Box- making and packing was considered a highly respectable urban craft. In only a few years Vuitton's reputation among Paris's stylish class made him as one of the city's premier practitioners of his new craft. After his marriage to Clemence-Emilie Parriaux, he opened his own packing and box-making store in Paris. Four years later he introduce his stackable rectangular shaped trunks to a market that only sold rounded tops. The demand sky-rocketed into a larger workshop outside of Paris. Soon after the French Empire re-establishment under Napoleon III, Vuitton was hired as a personal packer and box-maker to the empress of France. Vuitton was guilty as charged with "packing the most beautiful clothes in an exquisite way"...according to Spanish countess, Eugenie De Montijo. 

Vuitton's Legacy

De Montijo provided Vuitton with an open door to other elite and royal clients which would allow him to build an empire. February 27, 1892, Monsieur Louis Vuitton passed away leaving his son Georges Vuitton in charge of the company, and also leaving behind a 164 year old legendary brand of one of the most popular luxury designs ever created.

From

HIGHFASHIONPASSION

 Birth dates in February of some of the worlds most famous and legendary Fashion Designers !!!!

The late Hubert De Givenchy(February 21)

And

Francesca Eleonora Versace'(February 25)

Previous Blog Posts