Vuitton products were widely sold in department stores

aviator shape gray-silver 330661 Louis Vuitton sunglasses

NAME: aviator shape gray-silver 330661 Louis Vuitton sunglasses

PRICE: $119.00    from    

• Model: LV330661

These classic aviator sunglasses are given a stylish and
original twist by the use of Louis Vuitton's iconic Damier
canvas to cover the nose bridge and arms.
- 100% UV protection
- Metal frame with acetate tips
- Damier canvas on the nose bridge and arms
- Trunk corner detail on the hinges and tips

Louis Vuitton M58044 Spring/Summer 2009 Fashion Show Collections Zippy Wallet Blue wallets

NAME: Louis Vuitton M58044 Spring/Summer 2009 Fashion Show Collections Zippy Wallet Blue wallets

PRICE: $307.00 $107.00    from    

• Model: M58044135

Brand:Louis Vuitton
Ref:M58044
Series:Fashion Show Collections
Type:Large Zip Around Wallets
Color:Blue
Material:Calfskin leather
Season:Spring/Summer 2009 Collection
Size:19.5 x 10 x 2 (cm)

The brand also inaugurated stores in New York City (on Fifth Avenue), S?o Paulo, Mexico City, Cancun and Johannesburg. It also opened its first global store in Shanghai. By 2005, Louis Vuitton reopened its Champs-élysées store in Paris designed by the American Architect Eric Carlson (reputed to be the largest and most successful LV store in the world), and released the Speedy watch collection. In 2006, LV held the inauguration of the Espace Louis Vuitton on its 7th floor.In 2008, Louis Vuitton released the Damier Graphite canvas. The canvas features the classic Damier pattern but in black and grey, giving it a masculine look and urban feel.In 2010, Louis Vuitton opened what it described as their most luxurious store in London.On 17 September 2011, Louis Vuitton opened it's very first Island Maison (island mansion) in Singapore, the first 'maison' to

be opened in South-east Asia, and Jordi Constans was announced as new CEO for the company, replacing Yves Carcelle. Constans is originally from Barcelona, Spain.BrandThe Louis Vuitton brand and the famous LV monogram are among the world's most valuable brands.According to a Millward Brown 2010 study, Louis Vuitton is the world's 29th most valuable brand, right after Gillette and before Wells Fargo. The brand itself is estimated to be worth over USD $19 billion. For the sixth consecutive year, Louis Vuitton still at number one of ten most powerful brand published by the Millward Brown Optimor's 2011 BrandZ study with value of $24.3 billion. It was more than double value from the second rank.A genuine Louis Vuitton wallet.Louis Vuitton is one of the most counterfeited brands in the fashion world due to its image as a status symbol. Ironically, the signature Monogram Canvas was created to prevent counterfeiting. In 2004, Louis Vuitton fakes accounted for 18% of counterfeit accessories seized in the European Union.The company takes counterfeiting seriously, and employs a team

of lawyers and special investigation agencies, actively pursuing offenders through the courts worldwide, and allocating about half of its budget of communications to counteract counterfeiting of its goods.LVMH (Vuitton's parent company) further confirmed this by stating that "some 60 people at various levels of responsibility working full time on anti-counterfeiting in collaboration with a wide network of outside investigators and a team of lawyers." In a further effort, the company closely controls the distribution of its products.Until the 1980s, Vuitton products were widely sold in department stores (e.g. Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue). Today, Vuitton products are primarily available at authentic Louis Vuitton boutiques,with a small number of exceptions. These boutiques are commonly found in upscale shopping districts or inside luxury department stores. The boutiques within department stores operate independently from the department and have their own LV managers and employees. LV has recently launched an online store, through its main website, as an authorized channel to market its products.ProductsSince the 19th century, manufacture of Louis Vuitton goods

have not changed: Luggage is still made by hand.Contemporary Fashion gives a preview of the creation of the LV trunks: "the craftsmen line up the leather and canvas, tapping in the tiny nails one by one and securing the five-letter solid pick-proof brass locks with an individual handmade key, designed to allow the traveler to have only one key for all of his or her luggage. The wooden frames of each trunk are made of 30-year-old poplar that has been allowed to dry for at least four years. Each trunk has a serial number and can take up to 60 hours to make, and a suitcase as many as 15 hours."Many of the company's products utilize the signature brown Damier and Monogram Canvas materials, both of which were first used in the late 19th century. All of the company's products exhibit the eponymous LV initials. The company markets its product through its own stores located throughout the world, which allows it to control product quality and pricing. It also allows LV to prevent counterfeit products entering its distribution channels. In 1892, Louis Vuitton died, and the company's management passed to his son.Advert for Louis Vuitton luggage, 1898.After the death of his father, Georges Vuitton began a campaign to build the

company into a worldwide corporation, exhibiting the company's products at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. In 1896, the company launched the signature Monogram Canvas and made the worldwide patents on it.Its graphic symbols, including quatrefoils and flowers (as well as the LV monogram), were based on the trend of using Japanese and Oriental designs in the late Victorian era. The patents later proved to be successful in stopping counterfeiting. In this same year, Georges traveled to the United States, where he toured various cities (such as New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago), selling Vuitton products during the visit. In 1901, the Louis Vuitton Company introduced the Steamer Bag, a smaller piece of luggage designed to be kept inside Vuitton luggage trunks.By 1913, the Louis Vuitton Building opened on the Champs-Elysees. It was the largest travel-goods store in the world at the time. Stores also opened in New York, Bombay, Washington, London, Alexandria, and Buenos Aires as World War I began. Afterwards, in 1930, the Keepall bag was introduced. During 1932, LV introduced the Noé bag. This bag was originally made for champagne vintners to transport bottles. Soon thereafter, the Louis Vuitton Speedy bag was introduced (both are still manufactured today).In 1936 Georges Vuitton died, and his son, Gaston-Louis Vuitton, assumed control of the company.