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THE HATS TRUNKS
THE LOUIS VUITTON HATS TRUNKS
Louis Vuitton's hat trunks first appeared around 1875. At that time until the 1930s, men and women all had a large number of hats to carry with them. When we buy these trunks, often taken out of the attic and kept closed for more than a century, we sometimes find these "headgear", so popular at the time, neatly arranged by the original owner.
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For Women
The women's hat trunks were always fitted with a removable ribbon cage, made of Louis Vuitton's signature taut ribbons and studded to a wooden frame. These cages were considered "Extra light" and were called "Cage Paradis" and could be offered in all sizes. A frame was usually added to the cage to store caps or some clothes.
The size of the trunk varied according to the number of hats to be transported; a small cubic luggage was sufficient for the transport of a few hats, but a high trunk was essential for the transport of more than 40 pieces.
For these elegant ladies, the trunk maker used to offer small monogrammed boxes containing fastening ribbons. Imagine these large feather hats, securely fastened in a heavenly cage with these ribbons and protected in a Louis Vuitton trun
For men
Since men often have fewer hats to carry than women, the Louis Vuitton hat trunks are almost always identical.
The weekend model is equipped with two straps to hold the canotier (straw hat for the countryside) directly in the trunk's hood. In the trunk, there is a removable frame with a circular place to hold the bowler hat (for the city), and three taut fasteners to hold the top hat (for the evenings) in the bottom of the trunk.
When closed, this small trunk contained a turned-down party hat, with a hanging bowler hat secured by the canoe hat.
These small trunks were designed to provide security for the three different hats used by a man in 1900. Depending on his outing, the elegant man always carried the appropriate hat.
THE END OF THE HAT IN 1940
Despite a deep attachment to the hat and its widespread use throughout Europe, top hats and feathered hats quickly disappeared from the streets of Paris in the 1930s. The fact that one had to remove one's hair from one's hat each time one got into a car became more and more restrictive for the passengers.
