LVMH owns the luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton.
LVMH is the short name for Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, a French luxury-goods conglomerate created in 1987 through the merger of Louis Vuitton and Moët Hennessy. Its portfolio spans fashion, leather goods, wines and spirits, perfumes and cosmetics, watches, jewelry, and selective retailing.
Louis Vuitton began in 1854 when its founder opened a trunk-making workshop in Paris. The brand became known for lightweight, stackable travel trunks and later for its monogram canvas. Today, Louis Vuitton is one of LVMH’s flagship fashion and leather-goods maisons.
LVMH is often confused with Kering, another French luxury group that owns brands such as Gucci and Saint Laurent. Richemont is a separate Swiss group associated with Cartier and other jewelry and watch brands.