"Bonisa imithwalo yakho kwaye ndiza kukuxelela ukuba ungubani.------ Imithwalo yakho luphawu lobuwena bakho". Esi sivakalisi sikaLouis Vuitton sika-1921 sibonakalisa kakuhle ubudlelwane phakathi komhambi kunye nesutikheyisi yakhe.
Ukususela koololiwe kunye nokuhamba elwandle, ukuya kwiimoto kunye nokuhamba ngenqwelo moya, iisutikheyisi zikaLouis Vuitton zidlula umda wexesha nendawo.
"Yintoni enokufumaneka kwiitranki ezindala? Izitampu ezibonisa iindlela zokuhamba, indawo oya kuyo kunye nololiwe, zonke zimelwe ziileyibhile zephepha ezindala kunye neehotele. Sizilandela kwihlabathi liphela, kungekuphela nje njengeentsuku ezingama-80 zikaPhileas Fogg emhlabeni jikelele, kodwa ngokukhawuleza. Ezi ziqwenga zephepha zijonga emva kumazwe amandulo kunye nempucuko. Ngaba zinokuvuselela umdla wakho wokuqokelela nokuqalisa uhambo lwakho?"
Ngowe-1920, uMnu. Gaston-Louis Vuitton wabhala esi siqendu singasentla, ungumzukulwana kaMnu. Louis Vuitton, igazi losapho ngenxa yokuthanda ukuhamba, uthando ngenkcubeko, noGaston naye uyachaphazeleka.
Ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1900, abaqokeleli uRalph Lauren noTommy Hifiger basebenzisa iikesi zikaLouis Vuitton njengomhombiso. Emva koko abayili bangaphakathi baqala ukuthenga iikesi zikaLouis Vuitton kubathengi babo ukuze bazisebenzise njengeetafile zekofu. Ngoko ke umhloli wathi ufuna ukulala ngamaxesha onke, kwaye wayenebhokisi yokufaka ibhedi yakhe; uKarl Lagerfeld wathi wayenee-iPod ezininzi kangangokuba wayenekesi yazo. Neebhokisi zeekhasino, iwayini, kwanamazinyo omntwana... Kuxhomekeke kwindlela oyisebenzisa ngayo ingcinga yakho yasendle.
Impahla yakudala yaseLouis Vuitton, yona ngokwayo izele ngamabali, xa ibekwe ngokuzolileyo endlwini, ubuhle busasazeka kuzo zonke iikona, okanye zanamhlanje, okanye zakudala, okanye zemizi-mveliso, okanye zezobufundisi... Nokuba yeyiphi na indlela, zithathe zonke.
Ixabiso lemithwalo ye-LV nalo loyikise abantu abaninzi, kodwa namhlanje ufumene umzi-mveliso wezinto ezixabisekileyo, umzi-mveliso wokwenza iibhokisi ezinzima ovela eGuangzhou, eTshayina. Liphupha lethu ukuba wonke umntu abe ne-LV. Ukuze ufumane iinkcukacha, nceda unxibelelane nam kwiphepha lasekhaya.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Juni-11-2022