La Maison Our history in stories
Founded at the dawn of the modern travel era, Louis Vuitton is on a perpetual mission to explore new horizons, propelled by an innovative spirit, boundless creativity, and unparalleled savoir-faire.
Louis
Louis Vuitton was born on August 4, 1821 in the Jura village of Anchay, in the Jura region of France. Growing up not far from a forest, young Louis developed an affinity for wood: he loved it, understood it and grew to master it. At the tender age of 14, Louis decided that his destiny was elsewhere. In the space of two years, he traveled the 400 kilometers that separated his native village from Paris all by himself. Hired at age 16 to be an apprentice trunkmaker-packer, Louis learned how to craft wooden boxes and cases to protect and transport the most precious goods. In 1854, he founded his own workshop under his own name. Driven by an unquenchably innovative spirit, he strove to surpass the mere functionality of an object by marrying durability with the utmost refinement.Today, the extraordinary work pioneered by Louis Vuitton continues. To celebrate the bicentenary of his birth, the Maison invited talents and friends from the Art, Culture, Science and Sports scenes to reinvent an original trunk, in the same dimensions as the one Louis created in 1854. This initiative brought forth 200 one-of-a-kind transformations, between abstract concepts and artistic expressions, in the framework of a unique traveling exhibition.
Travel, reinvented
Yesterday, to travel meant discovering new worlds on luxury ocean liners. Today, it entails speed, zipping across time zones and back. Since its founding, Louis Vuitton inventions have proven to mark milestones in the history of travel, anticipating the advent of new modes of transporation and clients’ needs as travelers. In 1867, the desire to discover distant lands was heightened thanks to trunks crafted in zinc. More lightweight and watertight, they withstood the extreme conditions in tropical countries. And they became an instant classic that continues to inspire designers today.A century and a half later, Louis Vuitton continues to meet each evolution in travel with innovative luggage solutions. From the Horizon, a four-wheeled rolling suitcase that is both compact yet roomy, sturdy yet lightweight to the new-generation Pégase, the lightest ever created by the Maison, Louis Vuitton continues to imagine the future of travel.
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