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Adopting a semi-scientific approach to its most emblematic and iconic bags, Louis Vuitton presents the first comprehensive taxonomy of its city bags. Taking the typical categorisation of industrial design objects from last century, this book chronicles the development and evolution of the city bag by appropriating and mimicking the scientific classification of animals and plants. Speedy, Papillon, Alma, Lockit, Noé, Bucket, Neverfull and Pochette, these bags have become today indispensable for the ideal wardrobe. Descended from the four early specimens, The Steamer Bag, The Vanity Case, The Keepall and The Alzer Suitcase, the ancestry of the city bags is delineated in splendour.

Available in French, English and Italian, this precious edition, published by Rizzoli NY, is exclusively available in Louis Vuitton stores.

Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs is a story of two personalities and their contributions to the world of fashion: Louis Vuitton, founder of the House of Louis Vuitton in 1854, and Marc Jacobs, its artistic director since 1997. Two innovators, both rooted in their respective centuries, advanced an entire industry. Two creators, each in his own language, appropriated cultural codes and trends in order to shape the history of contemporary fashion.

Image Copy rights:
1998 © Louis Vuitton Malletier / Alvaro Canovas
1999 to 2004 © Louis Vuitton Malletier / Dan Lecca
2003/2004 to 2004 © Louis Vuitton Malletier / Frederique Dumoulin
2004 to 2004 © Louis Vuitton Malletier / Frederique Dumoulin
2004 to 2005 © Louis Vuitton Malletier / Antoine de Parceval
2005 © Louis Vuitton Malletier / Chris Moore
FW 2005/2006 to 2006 © Louis Vuitton Malletier / Antoine de Parceval
FW 2006/2007 © Louis Vuitton Malletier / Chris Moore
SS 2012 to SS2014 © Louis Vuitton Malletier / Ludwig Bonnet

A historical department store in Paris (some sources claim it to be the oldest one in the world), Le Bon Marché was a natural choice for the House to present the collaboration during the Parisian Fashion Week. Aside from being one of Sofia Coppola’s favorite stores in Paris, Le Bon Marché has always been ahead of its time one way or another: through its glass and steel architecture with contributions by Gustave Eiffel, or by its beginnings hosting an art gallery in its walls as early as 1875.
The collaboration with Louis Vuitton started back in 2009 when Sofia Coppola designed the iconic bag that bears her name. This season introduces new colours and a smaller version of the SC bag, the ‘BB’.
Sofia furthermore imagined ten windows to illuminate this very special project. Heart-shaped shiny balloons, glossy cherries, neon-strip and supersized peonies composed the different scenes; a way for us to discover another aspect of the cinematographer’s personality.

Hosted in the Cour Carrée du Louvre, Louis Vuitton Women’s Spring/Summer 2014 fashion show was once again a spectacular and overwhelming ceremony, surrounded by the most fashionable crowd.
Photographer Saskia Lawaks was there to document the electrifying atmosphere surrounding the show, grasping both intimate and social moments, during the few minutes before it began. These visual testimonials highlight the many characters involved in such an event in a series of sleek black and white images.

With the arrival of scarves, shawls, and belts in this next season's colours and fashion jewellery in distinct styles, Quentin Jones has played with the designs' shapes from the more geometric and jagged edged, to the spotted and warmer tones of the pieces.

For Fall/Winter 2013, the Fashion Jewellery collection revisits signature themes and introduces new ones, offering a myriad of exciting and enticing options...As ever, the importance of the Art Deco era, which inspired the creation of some Louis Vuitton icons, is perceptible in the collection's bold, graphic shapes and daring mixes of materials.
While the Karakoram scarves pull a pattern from the Pre-fall ready-to-wear, the Monogram shawls, belts, and Spike It cuffs take character from the Monogram Empreinte leather goods collection.

In a mix of collage and photo-montage, all of the shapes fall into fun arrangements depicting these universes and revealing the different ways the accessories can be paired and worn.