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The Louis Vuitton Manufactures coffee table book documents the ateliers and artisans behind the house's storied craft traditions. Featuring exclusively commissioned photography, it captures the extraordinary architecture and natural settings of workshops spanning France, Switzerland, Italy, and the United States. The volume traces the techniques and savoir-faire passed down through generations of artisans working across trunks, bags, fragrances, watches, shoes, high jewelry, and ready-to-wear. Its narrative combines visual documentation with an exploration of how innovation and individuality are cultivated within each workshop environment.
Louis Vuitton fosters the idea that an atelier can be a place of fulfillment and individuality. A place where savoir-faire can be learned, respected and transmitted - and innovation nurtured - by artisans who routinely challenge the image of a traditional workshop. In pursuit of regional expertise and artisanal excellence, Louis Vuitton's ateliers span the length and breadth of France and beyond, from Geneva (Switzerland), to Fiesso d'Artico (Italy) and even Texas (USA). Sites of historic interest or outstanding natural beauty will often have a Louis Vuitton workshop nearby: in Normandy, the sea-girt fastness of Mont-Saint-Michel can be seen from the workshop at Ducey, and in Beaulieu-sur-Layon, the light-flooded facility promises low environmental impact. Featuring photographs commissioned exclusively for this fashion coffee table book, the volume showcases the extraordinary locations and buildings of Louis Vuitton's ateliers, and the equally extraordinary artisans who express their talent through Louis Vuitton's creations (trunks, bags, fragrances, watches, shoes, high jewelry and ready-to- wear), while carrying the founder's techniques and savoir-faire into the twenty-first century. It is to these ateliers and the inspiring people who work there that this book is dedicated.
