French designers

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Chapters: Louis Vuitton, Elsie de Wolfe, Jean-Gabriel Charvet, Nicolas de Gunzburg, Eugenia Errázuriz, Charles Percier, Alfred Grévin, Henri Rivière, Robert Opron, Sebastien Truchet, Jean Bérain the Elder, Maurice Calka, André Mollet, Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis, Goyard, Paul Iribe, François Delarozière, Roger Tallon, Nicolas Pineau, Henri de Gissey, Stéphane Boudin, Georges de Feure, Jean-Yves Blondeau, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Roger Pitiot, Charles Germain de Saint Aubin, Philippe Charbonneaux, André Groult, Alain Mikli, Jean Bérain the Younger, Ito Morabito, Jean Benner-Fries, Gerard Albouy, Elise Fouin, Gustave Fraipont. Excerpt: Louis Vuitton Malletier - commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton (French: , commonly ), or shortened to LV - is a French fashion house founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. The label is well known for its LV monogram, which is featured on most products, ranging from luxury trunks and leather goods to ready-to-wear, shoes, watches, jewellery, accessories, sunglasses, and books. Louis Vuitton is one of the world's leading international fashion houses. Louis Vuitton sells its products through standalone boutiques, lease departments in high-end department stores, and through the e-commerce section of its website. The Louis Vuitton label was founded by Vuitton in 1854 on Rue Neuve des Capucines in Paris. In 1858, Vuitton introduced his flat-bottom trunks with trianon canvas, making them lightweight and airtight. Before the introduction of Vuitton's trunks, rounded-top trunks were used, generally to promote water run off, and thus could not be stacked. It was Vuitton's gray Trianon canvas flat trunk that allowed the ability to stack with ease for voyages. Becoming successful and prestigious, many other luggagemakers began to imitate LV's style and design. In the courtyard of the Vuitton workshops in Asnières, Paris, c. 1888, Louis, Georges and Gaston L. Vuitton (seated on a Bed trunk)In 1867, the company participated in the universal exhibition in Paris. To protect against the duplication of his look, he changed the Trianon design to a beige and brown stripes design in 1876. By 1885, the company opened its first store in London, England on Oxford Street. Soon thereafter, due to the continuing imitation of his look, in 1888, the Damier Canvas pattern was created by Louis Vuitton, bearing a logo that reads "marque L. Vuitton déposée", which translates into "L. Vuitton registered trademark". In 1892, Louis Vuitton died, and the company's management passed to his son. After the death of his father, Georges Vuitton began a campaign to build the company into a worldwide corporation,