History of louis vuitton bags
History of louis vuitton handbags.
From the Speedy to the Alma, a history of Louis Vuitton handbags
Some symbols soar and then vanish without a trace.
History of louis vuitton bags
But others endure for so long they become part of the fashion landscape, seemingly forever—like, say, those on Louis Vuitton handbags.
One hundred and twenty-five years ago, Georges Vuitton, who had inherited the famed luggage maison from his father, Louis, faced a dilemma: how to distinguish his house’s elegant goods from the many other luxury travel companies vying for a wealthy Parisian clientele.
He was desperate that the brand’s innovations—among them the introduction of a trunk with a flat top that could be stacked, replacing the old-fashioned dome covers—not be purloined by imitators.
So Georges came up with the famous logo that we know so well: that V overlapping the L, in tawny gold over saddle brown.
To make this monogram even more distinctive, he added two more elements: a stylised flower with four pointed petals inside a black rhombus, and a rounded flow