Louis Vuitton, the maker of luxury luggage

  When he was 14, packed his bags and Louis Vuitton went from home.

Tired of French provincial life, and at war with his step-mother, the troubled teenager went all the way to Paris, a 275 mile trip to him for two years.

Once he set foot in the big city, Vuitton has estimated that he found his calling.

In a time when haute couture is flourishing in Paris, has a flat top Vuitton suitcases, lightweight, waterproof, stackable and designed with a separate compartment for stylish clothes and accessories of the time.

A milestone in the history of transportation fell Vuitton suitcase with the rise of revolutionary railroad and steamboats, the origin of the place, and the age of exploration.

In this process, the Vuitton name has become synonymous with luxury and haute couture, a reputation that continues today.

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"It was an incredible time in fashion,'' Rebecca Kelly, who teaches and writes about the history of fashion, says the EIA." Paris was the Paris we know today. He was his time. And it was the right place at the right time.

"He was able to seize the day and have a very successful company, which of course has evolved to the present day and one of the best known brands in the world.''

The son of a carpenter, Vuitton (1821-1892) was born in the remote mountains of the Jura in eastern France, where the possibilities were limited.

"He had ideas and training, he was always thinking."? What is the next thing I can do'' 'said Abby Lille tuna, art and design professor at Montclair State University in New Jersey. "But it would have been very difficult, as the time to have to go to Paris - and to do it in Paris, was indeed a successful business is a highly stratified society'' ..

As he made his way to Paris, Vuitton took up odd jobs to finance the trip, worked as a stable hand and kitchen help.

Settle into the French capital in 1837, he landed an apprenticeship with a skilled craftsman of custom made wooden boxes.

Vuitton came from a long line of Muller, carpenters and joiners, nor support the mythical activity, which he founded.

Vuitton has also been a professional packers, a smart move at a time when the aristocrats were traveling at up to 60 pieces of luggage, worked their prom dresses and skirts made of horsehair meet.