What is Louis Vuitton?
{{Infobox company | company_name = Louis Vuitton Malletier | company_logo = Louis Vuitton logo and wordmark.svg | logo_size = 100px | company_type = Holding company division ([[LVMH]]) | foundation = 1854 | founder = [[Louis Vuitton (designer)|Louis Vuitton]] | location_city = Paris | location_country = France | key_people = Jordi Constans (Chairman & CEO)<br />[[Marc Jacobs]] (Art Director)<br />Antoine Arnault (Director of Communications) | industry = Retail | parent = [[LVMH]] | products = [[Luxury goods]] | revenue = €2.5&nbsp;billion (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lvmh.com/uploads/assets/Com-fi/Documents/en/Key%20figures/H1_2011_LVMH_Key_figures.pdf|title=Louis Vuitton|accessdate=9 Sep 2011|archive-date=27 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027074238/http://www.lvmh.com/uploads/assets/Com-fi/Documents/en/Key%20figures/H1_2011_LVMH_Key_figures.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | num_employees = | homepage = [http://www.louisvuitton.com louisvuitton.com] }} [[File:Louis Vuitton, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A Louis Vuitton boutique in the [[Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II]], in [[Milan]], Italy.]] '''Louis Vuitton''' is a [[France|French]] [[fashion house]] formed in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. It sells shoes, watches, jewellery, accessories, sunglasses and books. It sells its products in [[boutique]]s. The products are still made by hand. In 1867, the company participated in the universal exhibition in [[Paris]]. To protect the duplication of his look, he changed the Trianon design to a beige and brown in 1876. The company opened its first store in [[London]], England on Oxford Street. In 1959 he created purses, bags and wallets. In 1977, the company had an annual income of 70 million francs. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:French fashion houses]] [[Category:1854 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:1850s establishments in France]]