Figure 1: The Brazza wallet designed by Virgil Abloh for the SS19 men’s ready-to-wear collection. (Louis Vuitton, https://ca.louisvuitton.com/eng-ca/products/brazza-wallet-monogram-000387).

Figure 1: The Brazza wallet designed by Virgil Abloh for the SS19 men’s ready-to-wear collection. (Louis Vuitton, https://ca.louisvuitton.com/eng-ca/products/brazza-wallet-monogram-000387).

Figure 2: A Louis Vuitton advertisement from the 19th century during French colonization of the Congo. The French advert reads that this is a travel item exclusively made for France, specifically, for colonization. The final lines of the advert, "Pou

Figure 2: A Louis Vuitton advertisement from the 19th century during French colonization of the Congo. The French advert reads that this is a travel item exclusively made for France, specifically, for colonization. The final lines of the advert, "Pour Voyages D'Europe," translates into to "For European Travels." (Stephen Doig, Louis Vuitton's Art of the Journey Exhibition: First Glimpse, The Telegraph. May 24, 2016, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/mens style/louis-vuittons-art-of-the-journey exhibition-first-glimpse/.)

Figure 3: Original Trunk Bed made by Louis Vuitton for Pierre Brazza during his colonial conquests to the Congo. It is a mobile bed for leisure, which would come out of the trunk. (Chloe Schama, How to Get a Priceless Painting Across an Ocean? In Lo

Figure 3: Original Trunk Bed made by Louis Vuitton for Pierre Brazza during his colonial conquests to the Congo. It is a mobile bed for leisure, which would come out of the trunk. (Chloe Schama, How to Get a Priceless Painting Across an Ocean? In Louis Vuitton, Of Course, Vogue, October 8, 2018, https://www.vogue.com/article/louis-vuitton rijksmuseum-johannes-vermeer-painting.).