Listen to Story When Jagatjit Singh, the Maharaja of Kapurthala in Punjab, was travelling around the world in the 19th century, he wanted his luggage to reflect his taste. He was quite the Francophile. Such was his love for all things French, that his palace in Kapurthala is said to have been modelled after the Palace of Versailles in France.
So, the Maharaja of Kapurthala got the best of French luxury on the job: Louis Vuitton crafted more than 60 pieces of their trunks for Singh - all bespoke. His clothes, swords, turbans, suits, shoes and the lavish traditional dresses all went into their separate trunks. A post shared by ðððððððð ðð ðððððð (@maharaja.
panjab) Kapurthala, however, was hardly the only lover of Louis Vuitton's legendary trunks. They have been making trunks for the rich and famous around the world since 1858. Royalty, from the shores of Egypt to the many Maharajas of India have been on the buyer's list of LV trunks, and it all began in 1858, when Louis Vuitton introduced the first LV trunk to the world.
The Louis Vuitton travel collection. Photo: Getty Images Louis Vuitton Malletier owes the brand's name to the 'trunk' or the 'malle'. The first trunk from the trunkmakers was made in Trianon canvas, a type that was waterproof and extremely durable.
The canvas allowed LV to make their trunks flat-topped and bottomed. These trunks were stackable. They wer.
