Nineteenth Century Louis Vuitton Trade Card
The birth of an iconic brand: a trade card listing Louis Vuitton's earliest stores, capturing the evolving image of the company.
The birth of an iconic brand: a trade card listing Louis Vuitton's earliest stores, capturing the evolving image of the company.
A rare and early trade card from Louis Vuitton, the pale aqua checkerboard background of which alludes to Vuitton's iconic Damier pattern — which was developed just five years earlier to help combat (even then) numerous imitations and knock-offs.
Rare original program from the Home Economics department of a historically Black Louisiana university, showcasing student design and garment construction through a dramatic presentation.
Complete 13-issue original run (and brief two-issue re-launch) of this groundbreaking countercultural fashion magazine, one of the first to document vernacular fashion.