Louis Vuitton (4 August 1821 – 27 February 1892),[1] was the founder of the world-famous Louis Vuitton brand of maroquinerie now owned by LVMH. He had established a reputation in his fields of making luggage, thus was appointed as Layetier to Empress Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III. Through his experience with French royalty, he developed advanced knowledge of what made a good travelling case. It was then that he began to design his own luggage, setting the foundations for LV