Louis Vuitton’s ‘Volez, Voguez, Voyagez’ Exhibition Lands in New York

When Louis Vuitton launched its “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez” exhibition in 2015 at the Grand Palais in Paris, the company always intended for the retrospective to travel. In the time since, the exhibition detailing the history of the French trunk maker has made stops in Tokyo and Seoul.

Yet, according to chief executive officer of Louis Vuitton, Michael Burke, it was always destined for the former American Stock Exchange building in lower Manhattan, where it has set up shop from now through Jan. 7.

The New York version remains free to the public, and got the high-tech, social media treatment. Visitors are encouraged to download the Volez, Voguez, Voyagez app, which allows them to virtually tag a subway wall at the exhibition’s entrance, view other messages, and have their note saved by Vuitton.

As with the others, the exhibition opens with the wood room, showing the earliest trunks, including the first trunk that “starts to look like a Vuitton,” an 1886 striped trunk, and the start of monogramming at the house, which began in 1896 as a way to memorialize the death of Louis Vuitton’s father, in 1893.  The “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez” venture is expected to draw close to 400,000 or 500,000 visitors throughout the exhibition’s run in New York. They exit through a gift shop stocking perfumes, travel guides, notebooks and the like.

Ralph Lauren Iconic Style

The name of American clothing designer Ralph Lauren has become associated with class and taste.  In addition to clothing, he designs home decorating products such as furniture, bedding, drapes, towels, rugs, china, and silverware.

The youngest of four children, Ralph Lifshitz was born in the Bronx, New York, on October 14, 1939.  His father was a house painter.  Ralph became interested in clothes when he was in seventh grade.  He changed his name to Lauren in the mid-1950s.  After graduating high school he worked as a salesman and began studying business at night.  He quit school after a few months, spent time in the army, and then looked for a job in fashion.

Lauren started his own company and launched a line of men’s clothing, Polo, offering styles that were a mix of English and American styles.  Lauren’s menswear was a success; and in 1971 he introduced his women’s line.  As the years went by he continued to branch out into children’s clothes, colognes, footwear, home products, and other merchandise while building an American Fashion Empire. 

The Art of Styling

Wear... Remix... Repeat...

It's how the pros stylishly dress from down to dark all month long.  It is about knowing how to mix brands and make it work with your own style.  For a morning of meetings, opt for the classic power duo of stripes and denim.  A bright, pleated skirt provides a jolt of feminine edge for tackling lunch appointments.  Dinner party dressing made easy with a shoulder baring top and flittering choker.  Grab a mini bag, slip on a ruffled skirt, a playful ensemble for drinks and to end the day.

Here are few examples from the it list: