Securing an apprenticeship with a respected practitioner of the craft, Vuitton soon earned a reputation as a premier packer himself. Aristocrats thus turned to expert trunk-makers to pack and protect the many belongings they brought along: not just clothes, but also art, musical instruments, homewares, even furniture. He stopped along the way, taking odd jobs, and was 16 by the time he reached his destination, arriving in the city with a dream: to become a trunk-master.Īt the time, most travel was accomplished by horse-drawn carriage, steamboat or train-modes of transport that made for rough, lengthy journeys, during which baggage was tumbled about. It all began in 1835 when the brand’s founder, a 13-year-old orphan, set off on his own life-altering voyage: a near 500-km trek from a tiny town in eastern France to Paris-by foot. At Louis Vuitton, travel shapes everything. There is a saying in French: Les voyages forment la jeunesse.
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