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  • Little Book of Louis Vuitton: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House by Karen Homer book cover
  • Little Book of Louis Vuitton: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House by Karen Homer book cover
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Little Book of Louis Vuitton: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House

by Karen Homer

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From travel trunks to a fashion house

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From travel trunks to a fashion house

Karen Homer’s illustrated account traces Louis Vuitton’s development from a luggage company into a global fashion label. The historical arc spans the brand’s beginnings in Paris, major twentieth-century upheavals and cultural periods, its expansion in the 1980s, and Marc Jacobs’s appointment in 1997. The book also places the creation of LVMH within the house’s changing corporate story. With 160 pages in a pocket-sized hardcover format, it offers a compact overview of the company’s history and its evolution across design and fashion.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in the history of fashion houses and luxury brands
  • Those curious about Louis Vuitton’s shift from luggage-making to high fashion
  • Readers who enjoy illustrated, concise introductions to fashion history

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Fashion-house historyLuxury brandingDesign and accessoriesCorporate expansionChanging fashion eras

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Book overview

Little Book of Louis Vuitton is the pocket-sized and fully illustrated story of one of the world's most luxurious fashion houses.

Louis Vuitton's monogrammed bags have been seen on the arms of celebrities and royals alike for over 150 years. From the young Louis seeking his fortune in Paris through to two world wars, the Great Depression, the Jazz Age and the Swinging Sixties, there is no era in which this most opulent of brands hasn't thrived.

Detailing the global expansion of Louis Vuitton in the 1980s, the creation of the powerful fashion conglomerate LVMH, and the appointment in 1997 of Marc Jacobs, this is the story of a transformation from luggage company to high-fashion label. Louis Vuitton's continued evolution under the creative direction of Nicolas Ghesqui

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