Founded as a luxury leather goods house in 1854, Louis Vuitton was for many decades one of the world's leading manufacturers of chests and accessories. However, after launching its first fashion collections in 1998, the house achieved unprecedented global fame and pioneered high-profile collaborations with artists such as Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, and Stephen Sprouse. This definitive publication begins with a concise history of the house, followed by brief biographical profiles of Marc Jacobs, the first creative director 1998–2014, and Nicolas Ghesquière, who leads the brand today, before exploring the collections, organized chronologically. Each collection is presented with a brief text revealing its influences and highlights, and is illustrated with carefully selected catwalk images. Exhibiting hundreds of spectacular garments, details, accessories, beauty looks, and scenographies, and, of course, the top fashion models who wore them on the runway, from Naomi Campbell and Gisele to Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne. A rich reference section, including an extensive index, concludes the book. Language: English. For the return of this item, it is required to be in its protective plastic.