Open the Trunk once and the line announces itself: the trunk-derived hard case that descends directly from Vuitton's nineteenth-century steamer trunks. It is finished in Monogram Eclipse - Vuitton's black-and-grey reading of the house monogram, reserved for the men's line, the material reading as much of the house's authorship as the silhouette. Its 4 by 2.5 by 1 inch footprint gives it a jewel-box presence without forcing the issue. Many enthusiasts point to it as the line that taught the rest of the category what restraint really looks like. Every Vuitton trunk still finishes at the family atelier in Asnieres, where the house has worked since 1859. Offered through Maison de Beaubigonne, where the house quietly favours the pieces that outlast the season.

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