How a Trunk Maker Became a Luxury Empire

Louis Vuitton started in 1854 building travel trunks for wealthy Parisians, solving a practical stacking problem existing rounded-top luggage couldn't fix. This documentary traces how his flat trunk design, his son's iconic 1896 monogram canvas created to fight counterfeiters, and the 1987 merger forming LVMH turned a single trunk business into Bernard Arnault's flagship luxury brand. Subscribe to Empire Decode for more luxury brand documentaries like this one. Louis Vuitton history documentary, Louis Vuitton founding story, Louis Vuitton monogram history, LVMH flagship brand story, luxury fashion brand history, Bernard Arnault Louis Vuitton