World's Finest—A History of Louis Vuitton Handbags
Wherever you go in the world you are bound to come across Louis Vuitton handbags and a variety of luxury products donning the iconic Louis Vuitton monogram. It is so iconic in fact it has almost overshadowed the brand itself. All you need to see are the tobacco hued canvas decaled with golden LV and star imprints and an entire history is opened up.
Origins of the Louis Vuitton Brand
The Louis Vuitton house is nearly 150 years old and has seen countless reinventions, changing of hands, and revolutionary fashion creations. What's stunning about it though is just how much has stayed the same. The manufacturing process of Louis Vuitton trunks is still largely the same as Louis Vuitton himself did—the trunks were his very first creation. Then they were high technology water proof canvas, specially designed to be indestructible, easily stacked and extraordinarily beautiful. Today they're every bit as ravishing.
The First Louis Vuitton Handbags
As a luggage maker Louis Vuitton invented not only the canvas known as a LV icon, but also the Damier and Louis Vuitton Monogram that have become the most recognizable icons of the brand. It wasn't until the 1930's nearly 40 years after his death, that his son Georges, with aspirations to spread the brand worldwide (which he was very successful at) introduced the first Louis Vuitton handbags. The first designs were the Speedy, the Noe, and the Keepall. All were designed as travel accessories in keeping with the brand's primary concern. From there, the story is well known. It's one of incredible growth, forward thinking fashion, always avante garde, always reinventing the look. What's most marvelous though, is what's stayed exactly the same.