Louis vuitton family tree
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CHAPTER 3: GASTON-LOUIS VUITTON, THE REFINED COLLECTOR
Gaston Louis Vuitton posing next to the famous flower trunk from the brand
“I almost was born in a trunk!” states Gaston Louis Vuitton in the television program "Avis aux amateurs" in 1961.
Gaston Louis Vuitton was born on 30 January 1883. He is known for having a fragile health from childhood due to bronchitis problems. That is why he alternates school system and spa cures. He will write in a letter to General Henry Marti, "Having sit no exam, I have suffered no failure!". Because Gaston-Louis Vuitton was also a humorous man.
Gaston-Louis Vuitton gets married to his childhood friend on 15 November 1906, while he already has been an apprentice for eight-year at Louis Vuitton shop in Scribe Street. He takes part in the family business in 1907. In 1910, one of his younger brothers, Jean, dies.
Then the first world war breaks out. Because of his bronchial problems, he will be exempted
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CHAPTER 2: GEORGES VUITTON, THE IRON-HANDED HEIR
Portrait of Georges Vuitton.
Born in 1857, Georges Vuitton, from childhood, walks around the corridors of the Asnières workshop. Like his father whom his employees used to call “Monsieur Louis”, Georges is called “Monsieur Georges” by the employees of the workshop. In 1872, Georges Vuitton is sixteen and he comes back from England, where he attended courses at St. Clement’s Eden House School. His father believes that two years of study are more than enough and that his son will be more helpful in the family run company in Paris. He will join once more the Asnières workshops on 2 January 1873 as an apprentice. He successively learns the trades of packer, joiner, seller, delivery man, cashing agent, he learns how to use the smoothing plane, the jack plane and the rasp.
Louis decides that it is time for Georges
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Georges Ferréol Vuitton
French designer; son of Louis Vuitton
Georges Ferréol Vuitton | |
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| Born | (1857-07-13)13 July 1857 Asnières-sur-Seine, France |
| Died | 26 October 1936(1936-10-26) (aged 79) Asnières-sur-Seine, France |
| Occupation(s) | Designer and head of Louis Vuitton |
| Predecessor | Louis Vuitton (father) |
| Successor | Gaston Vuitton (son) |
| Spouse(s) | Josephine Vuitton, née Patrelle |
| Children | 5 |
Georges Ferréol Vuitton (13 July 1857 – 26 October 1936) was the only child of Louis Vuitton (1821–1892; French designer and trunk maker for Empress Eugénie de Montijo[1][2]) and Clemence-Emilie Vuitton,[3] who succeeded his father as head of the Louis Vuitton brand, which is now a brand under the umbrella of the parent company LVMH. Georges is commonly known for his creation of the widely-used LV monogram canvas print, created as an homage to his father and to combat counterfeits. He is also known for making Louis Vuitton products available to purchase internationally.[2] After Georges Vuitton's death in 1936, his s
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