In France we are fairly well organised in terms of legislation but we are working within the European Commission to ensure that our message gets across to a much wider audience. A graduate of France s prestigious Ecole Polytechique, Carcelles is only too well aware that whilst his company has a long and distinguished history, it cannot afford to become locked in the past, and dine out on those golden bygone days. So whilst we still do very well with classics such as our Steamer Bag, we also have material which is positively hot and trendy much of it with our old canvas of over one century ago. Answer - very. In fact Carcelles holds the Japanese in extremely high regard not just because they are good spenders but because he would rank them as the most educated, informed and discerning customers in the world.
Many people remain unaware that a special orders department still exists today.
For a whisky case, a bottle holder for the premiers crus of Bordeaux, or, as for Pierre Boulez, the celebrated contemporary conductor, a suitcase holding compartments especially designed for the tools of his trade. But is it Carcelles policy to make Vuitton products more accessible so that those prestigious initials LV do not remain the exclusive domain of the rich and pampered. Or we might enlarge the range. But if by accessibility you mean a decrease in our quality or standards then no, definitely not. A Vuitton bag starts at around 2,000 francs so our products are not just for the famous or those with money to burn.