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Louis Vuitton: The Birth of Modern Luxury

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If you are a Louis Vuitton collector as I am, or LV enthusiast, this tome will be a magnificent addition to your collection, or to your library. It is full of remarkable LV family history and full of the most beautiful photographs, some suitable for framing.

It contains manyo of the LV Posters for example, that I've tried to collect, and now have them in this book. It could make a wonderful coffee table book this holiday season.

One drawback: The center page is wonderful but terribly flawed by the center binding. It should have been a pull-out page instead.

I also saw it on eBay for more dollars and listed as "rare". Hardly!

Enjoy it.

If you love Louis Vuitton, then get this book! It has the history of the company and everything you ever wanted to know about LV!

This is a must have for all LV officianados. I have been collecting and using LV for over twenty-one years. This is an excellent literary and pictorial compilation of La Maison de Vuitton. Cudos! to the author, publisher, and of course La Maison de Vuitton for their continued commitment to perfection, elegance, and extrordinary products. Cudos, to the artisians for their pain-staking perfectionism in creating such works of art. This book is a tribute to over 150 years of leathercrafting, and now within the past 5 years pret-de-porte, couture, and precious metals. Vuitton continues to allow those of us loyal to the House to continue pushing the boundaries of style and fashion,and subtly encouraging admirer's of the House to indulge.

Life is a journey, so why not travel with the best. Well done LV! Tres magnifique!

This book has it all: a history lesson, an understanding and the very essence of Louis Vuitton style. The author clearly lives and understands LV. This book is a guide to understanding LV the family and the brand. This book is riveting and mind opening. LV is not just an expense bag or luggage. It is an adventure and is for the adventurous. I love this book.

Fantastic history and beautiful illustrations. It has almost everything you've wanted to know about Louis Vuitton.

Plus great pictures so you can see what all the fuss is about!

This book is filled with the history of the company from the person, Louis Vuitton's childhood, up through the generations that came after him. There are pictures of LV pieces scattered throughout the book. Not enough for those of us who love to look at LV bags and luggage. Overall a great addition to a collectors collection. The book retails in the boutique for $135.

As a collector of Louis Vuitton since 1989, I appreciate and enjoy this "history book", very much. Do not buy it if you are wanting alot of photos and fluff of the current lines. This book is truly for those that enjoy a love affair with the company and products from a historical and quality standpoint.

If you are looking for the definitive Louis Vuitton book....this is it.
I have most of them, and this is by far the best.
It is the most comprehensive, and the best put together of the bunch.
I highly recommend it.

I have always been an enthusiast about this fashion house and did lots of online research to learn more about it. When I found this book, I obtained it through an inter-library loan, read it and then bought it from a Louis Vuitton store. It's really amazing. I found that the most interesting parts of this huge book were toward the end where you'll learn about the attention to detail and the exquisite techniques used to create each product by hand. The products are beautiful, creative and expensive! After reading this book, I know that I would only buy LV products from LV itself and that I could rest assured the quality would, in fact, last a lifetime.
I would reccommend this DVD for further insight: Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton (Full Sub)

The book pictured is the more exspensive leather bound with an actual leather handle.That is what I thought I had ordered. Recieved the less exspensive version with the photographed glossy cover of a leather bound book and handle. The inside first cover attached page was a little torn and hard cover a little beat up..the book was shipped in a padded envelope which was torn so bad all the cotton padding was coming out and was all over the book. Frankly I dont know how it even stayed in the envelope----other than that... the book itself is amazing if you love Louis Vuitton--the history alone is so informative---lots of color photography---over 600pages of fun entertainment--I kept it, for $83.00 it was worth that--plus If I sent it back--who knows the next one might be in worse condition.