Showing posts with label LV HISTORY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LV HISTORY. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

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.


Sunday, January 16, 2011

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.