Louis Vuitton was founded in France. The house began in Paris in 1854, when trunk maker Louis Vuitton opened his own workshop and established the brand that would become a global luxury-luggage name.
Vuitton transformed travel goods by introducing lightweight, flat-topped trunks covered in durable canvas. Unlike the rounded trunks common at the time, his rectangular designs could be stacked more easily during rail and ocean journeys. In 1859, the company expanded to a workshop in Asnières-sur-Seine, which became an important production center.
The answer is sometimes confused because Louis Vuitton is now part of the multinational French group LVMH and manufactures products internationally. Neither the brand’s global ownership nor its worldwide production changes its origin: its founding, founder, and original workshop are French. The LV monogram was introduced later, in 1896, after Louis Vuitton’s death, by his son Georges.