A pattern designed to stop copies. Georges Vuitton drew the Louis Vuitton monogram in 1896, the interlaced LV and flowers meant as an anti-counterfeiting mark for the house's trunks.
The irony writes itself: the anti-fake became the thing the whole world fakes. Plus ca change.
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01A PATTERN DESIGNED
TO STOP COPIES.
02GEORGES VUITTON DREW THE LOUIS
VUITTON MONOGRAM IN 1896, THE
INTERLACED LV AND FLOWERS.
03MEANT AS AN ANTI-COUNTERFEITING
MARK FOR THE HOUSE'S TRUNKS.
04THE ANTI-FAKE BECAME THE THING
THE WHOLE WORLD FAKES.