LV Trivia

[csshopper]

More trivia from "Icons" (it's a fun little book):

The Soft Briefcase was originally made as a cover for cashmere rugs.

The Amazone was initially designed for tropical explorers to pack away their photographic equipment while on expedition. (And now we have iPad covers instead )

 

[reactorberg]

Love this thread.
here's my share

Louis Vuitton has already a good notoriety and strong image in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. The penetration rate of LV bags among Japanese women in the 2000s reached 40%. The label LV was already a real social phenomenon in Asia (in France the penetration of Louis Vuitton bags is only 2%).

 

[lovee]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4fb646c-31f2-11e4-b929-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3CkZBof6N


RIP

 

[SeherKastanie13]

Saumur is a city in the Loire Valley in France, and Coco Chanel was born there.

Also Coco Chanel helped Georges Vuitton design the Alma!

The legend says the Alma is Inspired by a bag that Gabrielle once ordered bearing the double C logo, also in the City bags book, which is wonderful by the way, a few names are not really written just hinted

 

[12Roses]

I'm so glad this was bumped. I just spent an hour reading this thread! I was fascinated by these facts!

 

[travelbliss]

bump

 

[Texastulip]

Found this bag at an estate sell, maybe one of the first designs?