LEOPOLOD STOKOWSKI LOUIS VUITTON DESK TRUNK, 1930

IN THE YEAR OF 1930 LOUIS VUITTON CREATED ONE OF THEIR MOST REMARKABLE PIECES FOR ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI.THE DESK TRUNK WAS DESIGNED WITH THE SIGNATURE MONOGRAM CANVAS AND LINED IN SWALLOW GRAY VUITTON. OVER THE YEARS OF FOLLOWING LOUIS VUITTON  LUGGAGE WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEIR GREAT MONOGRAM DESIGNS BUT WHAT MOST SEEM TO FORGET IS THAT LV ALSO COMES WITH USEFUL COMPARTMENTS WITHIN EVERY PIECE. THE  LV DESK TRUNK PROVIDED FOR LEOPOLD IN 1930 CAME WITH A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS FOR HIS MUSIC. THIS TRUNK CAME WITH SHELVES FOR BOOKS, DRAWERS FOR MUSIC SHEETS, SCORES, MUSIC PAPER, A FILE DRAWER, AND SPACE FOR A TYPE WRITER. ONCE THE TRUNK OPENED AN EXTENSION WAS PROVIDED, IT WAS A COLLAPSIBLE TABLE INSPIRED BY THE CAMPING EQUIPMENT CONCEIVED FOR AUTOMOBILES. THIS WAS BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST AND USEFUL LOUIS VUITTON TRUNKS CREATED IN THE START OF THE BRAND. I PRESENT THE LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI LOUIS VUITTON DESK TRUNK CREATED IN 1930.

LOUIS VUITTON "LADY TRUNK" CREATED IN 1906

THE LOUIS VUITTON "LADY TRUNK" WAS DISCOVERED WITHIN THE  FIRST YEARS OF  THE COMPANY. THE YEAR OF 1906 FOUNDER LOUIS VUITTON  DECIDED TO CREATE A MONOGRAM TRUNK FOR THE LADIES. THIS SPECIAL TRUNK WOULD MAKE PACKING SO MUCH EASIER FOR FEMALE CLIENTS OF LOUIS VUITTON THAT OTHER WOMAN AND THEIR MAIDS WOULD LACK. INSIDE THE TRUNK WOULD INCLUDE  FOUR REMOVABLE TRAYS: ONE FOR HATS; ONE WITH DIVIDERS FOR ACCESSORIES THAT WERE PROTECTED SUCH AS GLOVES, FANS, JABOTS, AND ALSO SHAWLS. ANOTHER DIVIDER FOR UNDER GARMENTS; SUCH AS PETTICOATS, CHEMISES, CORSETS, AND HOSIERY.THE LEFT SPACE WAS FOR MUCH LARGER ITEMS WOMEN WOULD NEED USE FOR SUCH AS COATS. THE DESIGN OF THIS TRUNK WOULD MURDER COMPETITION AS THE THE BIG "LV" STANDS ON THE OUT OF THE TRUNK IN YELLOW GOLD. IF MY TIME WAS AROUND THE YEARS OF THE EARLY 1900'S I WOULD MAKE SURE MY WIFE HAD THIS TRUNK STASHED AWAY IN HER CLOSET. THIS VINTAGE TRUNK DESIGN IS CLASSIC. YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT THE "LADY TRUNK" OF 1906.

LOUIS VUITTON "LIBRARY TRUNK" IN 1923 (PLEASE READ)

FICTION OR NON- FICTION. THERE IS NOTHING UN- REAL ABOUT LOUIS VUITTON IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE COMPANY MAKING AN EXCLUSIVE TRUNK FOR BOOKS TO BE SAFELY SECURED. IN 1923 LOUIS VUITTON CREATED ONE OF THEIR MOST USEFUL TRUNKS YET FOR THEIR CLIENTS THE " LIBRARY TRUNK". THE LOUIS VUITTTON TRUNK WOULD HOLD UP  TO 80  HEFTY BOOKS AND IF YOU WANTED A CUSTOM DESIGN OF YOUR INITIALS ON YOUR LUGGAGE NOW WAS THE TIME TO ASK. NOT ONLY WOULD BIBLIOPHILES AND COLLECTORS OF LV CAPTURE THIS  EXCLUSIVE LV PIECE BUT OUTSIDERS OF THE BRAND AS WELL. TWO HIGHLY KNOWN WRITERS ERNEST HEMINGWAAY AND FRANCOIES SAGAN WERE HAPPY OWNERS OF TTHIS PIECE. IN THE PHOTOS PROVIDED YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE LOUIS VUITTON "LIBRARY TRUNK" OF 1923.

LOUIS VUITTON " TRUNK FOR FLOWERS" 1910

IN THE YEAR OF 1910  BROTHERS GEORGE AND GASTON-LOUIS VUITTON CAME UP WITH ONE OF THE BEST CREATIONS THE LOUIS VUITTON FRANCHISE WOULD EVER SEE. TO GIVE THANKS TO WOMEN CUSTOMERS THAT WOULD MAKE PLENTY PURCHASES YEARLY GASTON AND GEORGE DESIGNED TRUNK FOR FLOWERS. I KNOW YOUR THINKING HOW COULD THEY MAKE THIS, WOULDN'T THE FLOWERS EVENTUALLY DIE OUT. THE METHOD FOR THE "TRUNK FOR FLOWERS" WAS SIMPLE. GASTON AND GEORGE DESIGNED THE TRUNK WITH A ZINC TUBE THAT PROTECTED THE FLOWERS FROM WATER AND HUMIDITY. THIS WAS A MUCH BETTER WAY TO THANK THEIR LOYAL FEMALE CLIENTS THAN SENDING FLOWERS IN TISSUE PAPER AND ASPARAGUS FERNS. DAMN IT LOOKS LIKE I'M WISHING LV MAKES THIS AGAIN WHEN I GET MARRIED TO  THAT ONE LUCKY LADY,SHE WOULD FALL OUT IF HAD THIS LAID OUT ON OUR BED PROBABLY. THIS IS THE "TRUNK FOR FLOWERS THAT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1910 BY GASTON AND GEORGE- LOUIS VUITTON.

LOUIS VUITTON " COMPLETE WARDROBE TRUNK, SACHA G". 1913 (PLEASE READ)

THE HIGHLY MENTIONED LUXURY BRAND LOUIS VUITTON HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE MID 1800'S. IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES AND WITH THAT BEING SAID THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES THAT LAY WITHIN THE BRAND. LOUIS VUITTON HAS LASTED 5 GENERATIONS OF THE LOUIS VUITTON FAMILLY. LOUIS, GEORGE, GASTON, CLAUD, AND NOW WHO IS AT HAND PATRICK-LOUIS VUITTON. NOW AND DAYS I FEEL THERE IS A NUMEROUS NUMBER OF US THAT LACK KNOWLEDGE OF HIGH LUXURY BRANDS. STILL LACKING THE KNOWLEDGE ON THESE BRANDS SOME ARE STILL MAKING PURCHASE AFTER PURCHASE IMPULSIVLY. I HAVE NOT ONLY WITNESS THIS AT FIRST HAND BUT I CAN SENSE IT IN OTHERS. WHEN I AM HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME PEOPLE I CAN SENSE THEY ARE MAKING PURCHASES ON BRANDS ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE "DOPE STAMPS" ON OUR CULTURE. I AM NOT ONLY HERE TO GIVE YOU PHOTOS OF PIECES THAT HAVE MADE THESE LUXURY BRANDS WHAT THEY ARE TODAY BUT I WILL ALSO GIVE YOU THE STORIES BEHINDE THEM. STARTING WITH LOUIS VUITTON I WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE HISTORY WITHIN THESE BRANDS THAT HAVE MADE THEM WHAT THEY ARE. 

I WILL BE OFFERING LOOKS FROM LOUIS VUITTON TRUNK PIECES FROM THE YEAR OF 1886. FIRST TRUNK IS THE "LOUIS VUITTON COMPLETE WARDROBE TRUNK, SACHA GUITY".FAMOUS ACTOR SACHA GUITRY STORY WITH LV IS KIND SALTY.SACHA GUITRY IN 1913 STEPPED FOOT INTO ONE OF THE FIRST LOUIS VUITTON BOUTIQUES WITH A LADY AND WANTED TO PURCHASE TWO "COMPLETE WARDROBE TRUNKS". SACHA GUITRY INTENDED TO PURCHASE TWO TRUNKS BUT WAS AT A LOSS OF FUNDS. SACHA STRONGLY ASK TO TAKE BOTH TRUNKS ON CREDIT. LOUIS VUITTON NEVER OFFERED BILLS TO BE TAKEN ON CREDIT BECAUSE THEY WONDERD IF SOMEONE NEVER PAID THEIR BILL.WITH SACHA GUITRY,  LOUIS VUITTON WAS NOT GOING TO START BILLING ON CREDIT.

SACHA GUITRY GETS UPSET WITH THE LOUIS VUITTON BOUTIQUE AND WORDS ARE NOT SO KIND GEXCHANGE.AT THE END OF THE STORY SACHA GUITRY DOES NOT GET HIS TWO "LOUIS VUITTON COMPLETE WARDROBE TRUNKS" AND THE REST IS HISTORY. THIS IS THE STORY BETWEEN LOUIS VUITTON AND SACHA GUITRY NOT GETTING HIS AMAZING "COMPLETE WARDROBE TRUNKS" IN 1913.    

"ULTIMATE WARRIOR" LV VUITTON BACKPACK

DAMN, I WISH I HAD MORE INFORMATION ON THE LV BACKPACK BUT I DON'T. THIS SHIT IS MAD ILL, I WONDER HOW MUCH IT'S RUNNING FOR. IF I HAD TO MAKE ANY  CHANGES I THINK I WOULD WANT THE BOTTOM FEATHERS TO BE RED OR ROYAL BLUE, I ALSO WOULD WANT THE SIZE OF THE BAG TO BE GIANT. BUT AT THE END MY OPINION DOSEN'T MATTER AT ALL BECAUSE THIS BACKPACK MEETS IT'S DOPENESS FACE TO FACE. IT ALSO REMINDS ME OF THE GOOD HOMIE ULTIMATE WARRIOR, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM GOGGLE THE DUDE RIGHT NOW. NEVERMIND I GOT YOU, HE WAS DOPE MAN!

TAKASHI'S HISTORY AND CRAFT

TAKASHI MURAKAM'S ART HAS PHASED ME IN A POSITIVE WAY. I WAS ON THE COMPUTER CHECKING OUT SOME OF MY BEST ARTIST CRAFT AND AFTER I WAS SEARCHING RON ENLGISH'S WORK NEXT UP WAS TAKASHI. EVERYTHING TAKASHI MURKAMI HAS PRODUCED HAS BEEN GREAT. FROM THE LOUIS VUITTON COLLABORATION TO HIS  FLATOP VIDEOSVIDEOS, EVERY  ART PEICE AND CLOTHING IS DOPE TO ME. IT'S LIKE THE COLORS HE USE ARE NEVER TOO BOLD AND EVERYTHING IS CALM AND SO GRASPING TO MY MIND. THE CRAFT AND  ITEMS HE HAS CREATED ARE ADDICTIVE TO OUR PEOPLE FOR SURE. 

THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT TAKASHI MURAKAMI HE'S A JAPANESE ARTIST WHO HAS ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH IN THE ART WORLD. TAKASHI WAS BIRTHED ON FEBUARY 1, 1962 , BORN AND RAISED IN TOKYO, JAPAN. THE JAPANSES ARTIST WITHIN HIS COLLEGE  YEARS ATTENDED "THE TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS AND MUSIC" WHERE HE ACCOMPLISHED HIS DOCTORATE DEGREE IN "NIHONGA" . NIHONGA IS AN ART FORM WITH A MIXTURE OF WESTERN AND EASTERN STYLES  BACK IN THE 19TH CENTURY.

 "ANIME" AND "MANGA" ARE TWO STRONG COMPONETS OF  JAPANSES ANIMATION AND COMICS.  ANIME AND MANGA DRIVED TAKASHI TO THE RESULT TO WHERE HE SOON WOULD  BECOME PASSIONATE ABOUT "OCATKU". OCATKU IS PLAIN AND SIMPLE HIS LIFE, COMMUNITY , OUR MOTHER NATURE,VIDEO GAMES, AND PEOPLE.

 TAKASHI HAS USED EVERYTHING SURROUNDING HIM AS INSPIRATION.WITH THE CREATIVITY FLOATING AROUND HIS BRAIN HE HAS PRODUCED GREAT WORK WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. ALSO THE SUPERFLAT ART FORM TAKASHI HAS DISCOVERD  HAS INSPIRED SO MANY ARTIST IN OUR WORLD THESE DAYS.ALSO TAKASHI HAS DONE COLLABORATIONS WITH SOME OF THE DOPEST INDIVISUALS AND COMAPNYS. TAKE A LOOK!

TAKASHI AND PHARRELL 'S SCULPTURE :THE SIMPLE THINGS

KANYE WEST "GOODMORNING" VIDEO HAD ME TRIPPING. THIS MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE VIDEO WISE . TOWARDS THE END HE HITS EVERY FORM OF BAPE PATTERN THERE IS, THE 1981 "BACK TO THE FUTURE 2" DELOREAN AUTOMOBILE, THE WAY HE PULLS THE SHADES OUT, THE FAMOUS MUSHROOMS,THE FORMAT, AGAIN THE WHOLE CITY WAS BAPE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS NICE.

TAKASHI AND LOUIS VUITTON

SUPERFLAT VIDEOS PROVIDED BY TAKASHI FOR LOUIS VUITTON

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THIS IS SOME GOOD STUFF,I HOPE YOU ENJOYED HOMIES. REMEMBER RESEARCHING ON THE THINGS YOU LIKE IS ALWAYS PUTTING MORE KNOWLEDGE INTO YOUR BRAIN ABOUT YOUR INTREST IN LIFE. I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU GUYS.