Louis Vuitton Black Damier Ebene Canvas Vavin PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Louis Vuitton Black Damier Ebene Canvas Vavin PM SKU: 153867 MSRP: 2500.00 USD Condition: Pre-owned Handbag Condition: Excellent Condition Comments: Item is in excell...
Louis Vuitton Black Monogram Empreinte Vavin Chain Wallet
By Louis Vuitton
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Louis Vuitton Black Monogram Empreinte Vavin PM SKU: 153154 MSRP: 2000.00 USD Condition: Pre-owned Handbag Condition: Excellent Condition Comments: Item is in excelle...
Louis Vuitton Black Empreinte Leather Vavin PM Black Crossbody Bag
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Salt Lake Cty, UT
Authentic, pre-loved Louis Vuitton Black Vavin PM in Empreinte Leather.
LOUIS VUITTON Damier Ebene Vavin PM Creme
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Salt Lake Cty, UT
Authentic Louis Vuitton Damier Ebene Vavin PM Creme Crossbody Bag.
Louis Vuitton Damier Ebene Vavin PM Crossbody Bag Brown
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Salt Lake Cty, UT
Authentic, pre-owned Louis Vuitton Vavin Pm in Brown Damier Ebene. This beautiful front flap style shoulder bag features Louis Vuitton Damier Ebene Canvas and leather in black, brass...
Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas Vavin PM Bag
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Louis Vuitton's handbags are popular owing to their high style and functionality. This Vavin PM bag, like all the other handbags, is durable and stylish. Crafted from monogram canvas...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Tote Monogram Canvas PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Condition: Very good. Wear, creasing, darkening and watermarks on handles and interior leather trims. Light peeling on handle wax edges, scratches and tarnish on hardware. Accessorie...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
This Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM, crafted in blue monogram Empreinte leather, features dual chain-link shoulder strap, exterior pocket under flap, and g...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Box, Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 5.5", Width 8", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 13" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM Exter...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 7", Width 10", Depth 3", Strap Drop 22" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM Exterio...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 12.5", Height 7", Width 10", Depth 3", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 12.5", Height 7.5", Width 10", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM E...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 8", Width 9.5", Depth 4", Strap Drop 24" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM Exterior Mate...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 7", Width 10", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM Exterior Mat...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 8", Width 9.5", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM Exterior Ma...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Box, Dust Bag Measurements: Height 5.5", Width 8", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 21.5" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Chain Wallet Damier and Leather Exterior Material: ...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 7", Width 10", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 13" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM Exterior Mat...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 7", Width 10", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM Exteri...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 7", Width 10", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM Exteri...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 7", Width 10", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 13" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM Exterior Mat...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 7", Width 10", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM Exteri...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Condition: Very good. Creasing on exterior and underneath flap, cracking on opening and flap corner wax edges, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop ...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Condition: Great. Minor creasing on exterior, minor wear on base corners. Small marks underneath flap and in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: No Accessories Measurements...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Condition: Great. Slight odor in interior. Minor wear, scuffs and small marks on exterior, light wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Box, Dust Bag Measurements: Han...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag, Box Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 7", Width 10", Depth 3", Strap Drop 22" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM Exterior ...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Condition: Very good. Odor in interior. Minor wear on base corners and in interior, light creasing on exterior and shoulder pads, scratches on hardware. Accessories: No Accessories M...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Condition: Great. Light odor in interior. Slight scuffs on front pocket, minor peeling on side flap wax edges, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop ...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Condition: Very good. Heavy odor in interior. Wear on base and front pocket corners, cracking on flap side opening wax edges, scratches and slight tarnish on hardware. Accessories: B...
Louis Vuitton Vavin PM Monogram Canvas Hand Bag
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Fukuoka, Kyushu
Louis Vuitton Vavin PM in monogram canvas hand bag. Inside has brown canvas lining with 3 compartments. The middle compartment has a zipper pocket and one of the side compartments ca...
Louis Vuitton Black/Noir Damier Ebene Canvas Vavin PM Bag
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Nicosia, CY
Lightweight and ergonomic, this bag hangs from a sliding chain handle with two leather shoulder pads for comfortable carrying. It also features a front flat pocket and an inside zipp...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier With Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 7", Width 10", Depth 3", Strap Drop 22" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM Exterior...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 7", Width 10", Depth 3", Strap Drop 13" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM Exterior Mater...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 12.5", Height 7", Width 10", Depth 3", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM Exter...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 12.5", Height 8", Width 9.5", Depth 4", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Monogram Empreinte Leather P...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 7", Width 10", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 22" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM Exteri...
Louis Vuitton Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM
By Louis Vuitton
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 7", Width 9.5", Depth 3", Strap Drop 13" Designer: Louis Vuitton Model: Vavin Handbag Damier with Leather PM Exterior Mate...
Louis Vuitton Noir Monogram Empreinte Leather Vavin PM Bag
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Louis Vuitton's handbags are popular in the fashion world owing to their high style and functionality. This noir Monogram Vavin bag is durable, trendy. Crafted from Empreinte leather...
Louis Vuitton Marine Rouge Monogram Empreinte Leather Vavin PM Bag
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Louis Vuitton's handbags are popular owing to their high style and functionality. This Vavin bag, like all the other handbags, is durable and stylish. Crafted from Monogram Empreinte...
The story behind iconic luxury brand Louis Vuitton — best known for its esteemed handbags, crossbody bags, leather goods, ready-to-wear clothing and more — is one of craft and innovation in the worlds of fashion, jewelry and furniture.
The company’s modest origins can be traced back to when its founder, Louis Vuitton (1821–92), wishing to free himself from the conventional lifestyle in his provincial French city of Anchay as well as a difficult stepmother, left in the early 1830s to make a new life in Paris. The young Vuitton was 13 at the time and would need to travel on foot to get to the capital, which was hundreds of miles away. With stops along the way to make money so that he could forge ahead, the journey took a couple of years, but reward was close at hand.
When he arrived in Paris, Vuitton made a living with his hands. He toiled as a box maker and packer for more than a decade and built relationships with royals and members of the upper class while working for the empress of France, Eugenie de Montijo. In 1854, Vuitton launched his namesake company. The craftsman opened a humble workshop on rue Neuve des Capucines and advertised his services with a small poster that read: “Securely packs the most fragile objects. Specializing in packing fashions.”
Long before his brand would become known globally for its exemplary top-handle bags and stylish totes, Vuitton produced stackable and rectangular trunks. The most common trunks of the era were round, which weren’t ideal for toting and storing. In 1858, Vuitton debuted his lightweight, handcrafted canvas trunks, which were sturdy, rugged and equipped with convenient compartments. Travel’s popularity broadened in the late 19th century, and Vuitton’s trunks could easily be packed into train cars and ships — upright trunks meant hanging wardrobe storage that would allow his clients to transport their sophisticated garments without worry. Demand increased and the company grew. When Louis Vuitton died in 1892, control of the luxury house was passed onto his only son, Georges Vuitton.
In 1914, a Louis Vuitton store opened at 70 Champs-Élysées. The largest travel-goods store in the world at the time, it became the company’s flagship.
The Louis Vuitton brand embodies all the attributes of luxury, from the craftsmanship, exclusivity and relevance to heritage. It’s only appropriate that it boasts one of the most recognizable insignias — the imaginative interlocking of letters and fleurettes — in the fashion world. The famous LV monogram was first used in 1896 as part of an initiative by Georges to prevent counterfeiting of his coveted new line of travel trunks. It’s one of the earliest examples of fashion branding.
The LV monogram would soon appear on everything from bags and various fashion accessories to alligator-skin champagne cases, from stylish apparel and earrings to teddy bears and airplane models.
On 1stDibs, the unmistakable insignia can be found on both modern and vintage Louis Vuitton shoulder bags, suitcases, original 19th-century trunks, jackets and more.
An integral part of fashion, handbags and purses have been indispensable accessories ever since we began to carry around personal items. Level of craftsmanship, style and shape matters — from coin purses in ancient Greece to early 20th-century opera bags and onward, handbags have evolved considerably over the years to meet our needs and desires, whether or not you happen to be prioritizing functionality over a flashy exterior.
Once, a single “It” handbag ruled each fashion season. No more. Today, lovers of vintage handbags are savvier and have a wider range of shopping options. Nevertheless, classics created by the likes of Louis Vuitton, Dior and Balenciaga still rule.
“It is not a fashion bag — it is a statement bag,” says Mightychic's Debra Kent of Hermès's widely beloved accessories. “When you carry an iconic Hermès bag — Birkin, Kelly, Constance — no one knows how long you have been into this culture or if you are a newbie. Your status is validated immediately.”
First released in 1997, Fendi's Baguette rose to fame along with Carrie Bradshaw, the Sex and the City character portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker. Recently, the design has seen such a resurgence in popularity that Fendi has reissued it.
They are part of design history, so owning a handbag has meaning. As New York–based fashion historian Sarah C. Byrd says, “You have made the choice to invest in this piece because you understand the value of it in the past and in the future to come.”
From a 1980s Chanel black leather quilted mini buckle bag to the rare Hermès Birkin 30cm Himalayan with diamond hardware to a range of 19th-century bags, find a rich variety of vintage and designer handbags and purses spanning numerous brands on 1stDibs — seasonal “It” designation no longer needed.
The Japanese artist is one of many creators with whom the French fashion house has partnered to impressive effect.
The late designer created an iridescent, irreverent take on the nearly century-old travel staple.
What are the telltale signs that you're holding a real Louis Vuitton and not a knockoff? We spoke with expert Diane D’Amato to find out. Of course, you don't have to worry about fakes on 1stDibs, where every seller is highly vetted.
The venerable brand has earned accolades (and gained new fans) for partnerships that meld fashion with art.
When the name of a bag is as well-known as its brand, you know it's a classic.