Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton

Synopsis: Few luxury goods companies have a past as rich as Louis Vuitton153 years in business, the most counterfeited bags in fashion history, and a recent endorsement from none other than Mikhail Gorbachev. But as far as many fashion insiders are concerned, the most interesting chapters are still being writtenby Marc Jacobs, the artistic director that created their ready-to-wear line and took the brand beyond the trademark luggage. Hired in 1998, Jacobs now stands at the centre of this globalized organisation and is recognised as one of the most potent purveyors of taste and trendsetting, yet he neither sketches nor sews.

This is the first time cameras have been allowed inside the long-vaulted doors of Louis Vuitton, showing every aspect of the design and creation process, from the financial decisions to Jacobs’s monologues, as well as comments from leading fashion editors.
Language: English
Country: France
Year of release: 2007
Year of production: 2007
Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Design
Keywords: fashion design; fashion industries; Vuitton, Louis; Jacobs, Marc

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