The house in brief
Louis Vuitton was founded in Paris in 1854 as a trunk-maker and became part of LVMH when Moët Hennessy and Louis Vuitton merged in 1987. Its signature categories are handbags, leather goods, luggage and ready-to-wear, including long-running designs such as the Speedy (1930) and Neverfull (2007). The company's historic home and atelier are in Asnières-sur-Seine outside Paris, where trunks have been made by hand since the 19th century.
