Founded as a luxury leather-goods house in 1854, Louis Vuitton was one of the world's leading makers of trunks and accessories for decades. After launching its first fashion collections in 1998, it achieved unprecedented global recognition and pioneered high-profile collaborations with artists including Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami and Stephen Sprouse.
 
 
 
Louis Vuitton Catwalk offers a comprehensive overview of the fashion house. It opens with a concise history and brief biographies of Marc Jacobs, its first creative director from 1998 to 2014, and Nicolas Ghesquière, described here as the brand's current leader, before exploring the collections chronologically. Each is introduced by a short text explaining its influences and highlights and illustrated with carefully selected runway images. Hundreds of spectacular garments, details, accessories, beauty looks and sets appear alongside the models who wore them, from Naomi Campbell and Gisele to Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne. An extensive reference section, including a detailed index, concludes the book.