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Louis Vuitton Celebrates Its Ateliers and Artisans in Long-Awaited Coffee Table Book

Published by Assouline, the book features 350 photographs exclusively commissioned, weaving together the people and places central to the production of the brand’s 

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Justin Alexandra Convento

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/d05bc39a-fa6f-42e4-a461-6c9e3f1c71e3_1 - archives louis vuitton malletier.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">La Fabrique du Temps - Geneva, Switzerland<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Oberto Gili/Louis Vuitton Archives  </em></span></span></span></span></div><p>“Fundamentally, it’s not about luggage, it’s about innovation.” — Michael Burke, Louis Vuitton Chairman and CEO</p><div><br/></div><p>Assouline has published <em><a href="https://www.assouline.com/products/louis-vuitton-manufactures" target="_blank">Louis Vuitton Manufactures</a>,</em> an exclusive book showcasing the ateliers of Louis Vuitton and the artisans who create the Maison’s exceptional pieces. Without a doubt, it is a coffee table book you <em>must</em> add to your collection!</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/af2acbc1-087b-4e3d-900a-1a066ae74fa4_15 oliver pilcher  .jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Atelier de la Haute Joallerie - Place Vendôme, Paris<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Oliver Pilcher   </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Louis Vuitton fosters the idea that an atelier can be a place of fulfillmentand 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. </p><div><br/></div><p>In pursuit of regional expertise and artisanal excellence, Louis Vuitton’s ateliers span the length and breadth of Franceand 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, our light-flooded facility promises low environmental impact.</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/6d343dbb-1a52-40d7-8000-62534b3fc3f0_7 oliver pilcher  .jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Atelier d’Asnières - Asnières-sur-Seine, France<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Oliver Pilcher   </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/8d198702-9cf5-4b44-9fda-8f5360818a45_11 oliver pilcher .jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Atelier d’Asnières - Asnières-sur-Seine, France<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Oliver Pilcher   </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/9a6461d0-d096-4304-94b4-997f738312e3_8 oliver pilcher .jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Atelier de la Drôme - Rhône-Alpes, France<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Oliver Pilcher  </em></span></span></span></span></div><p>Featuring photographs commissioned exclusively for this 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.</p><div><br/></div><p>Writing the introduction to this book is Nicholas Foulkes—author, historian, and journalist. Foulkes is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, Financial Times How to Spend It, and The Rake Magazine, and luxury editor of British GQ. Best known for his trilogy of nineteenth-century British histories, <em>Last of the Dandies, Dancing into Battle</em>, and <em>Gentlemen and Blackguards</em>, he has published around thirty books on history, the arts and style. </p><div><br/></div><p>Among his recent works are a biography of the painter Bernard Buffet (Random House) and <em>Time Tamed</em>, a history of mankind’s calibration of time from the Palaeolithic era to the moon landings (Simon &amp; Schuster). His books for Assouline include <em>Bals: Legendary Costume Balls of the Twentieth Century (2011); Swans: Legends of the Jet Society (2013); The Impossible Collection of Watches (2014); </em>and <em>Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso (2020)</em>.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/8516927a-6dd3-493d-9fda-4ee7423bd03f_14 oliver pilcher  .jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Place Vendôme, Paris<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Oliver Pilcher  </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/70e6318f-9d9b-435a-9aea-722a50e45a8c_16 oliver pilcher  .jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Place Vendôme, Paris<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Oliver Pilcher  </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>The long-awaited volume is available from February 2022. It is available in French and English. This edition will also be available in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese from April 2022.</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/ad24e1fa-2320-41bd-9e23-9e930818ce7e_louis vuitton -3d cover - 1.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/></span></span></div>

Published by Assouline, the book features 350 photographs exclusively commissioned, weaving together the people and places central to the production of the brand’s offerings—leather goods, high jewelry, and ready-to-wear collections