Assouline - Louis Vuitton Manufactures

Louis Vuitton encourages the idea that a workshop can be a place of fulfillment and individuality. A place where know-how can be learned, respected and transmitted - and innovation nurtured - by craftsmen who regularly challenge the image of the traditional workshop. Seeking regional expertise and craftsmanship excellence, Louis Vuitton's workshops span the whole of France and beyond, from Geneva (Switzerland) to Fiesso d'Artico (Italy) and even Texas ( UNITED STATES). Sites of historical interest or exceptional natural beauty often have a Louis Vuitton workshop nearby: in Normandy, Mont-Saint-Michel is visible from Ducey's workshop, and in Beaulieu-sur-Layon, the light-flooded installation promises low environmental impact.

With photographs commissioned exclusively for this book, the volume presents the extraordinary places and buildings of the Louis Vuitton workshops, and the equally extraordinary craftsmen who express their talent through the creations of Louis Vuitton (trunks, bags, perfumes, watches, shoes, fine jewelry and ready-to-wear), while bringing the techniques and know-how of the founder into the 21st century. It is to these workshops and the inspiring people who work there that this book is dedicated.

400 pages
more than 350 illustrations
English language
Released in February 2022
L 9.5 x W 13 x D 1.7 in
Silk hardcover
ISBN: 9781649800763
7.0 lbs.