<P> The company participated in the 1867 Universal Exhibition in Paris . To protect against the duplication of his look, Vuitton changed the Trianon design to a beige and brown stripes design in 1876 . By 1885, the company opened its first store in London on Oxford Street . Soon thereafter, due to the continuing imitation of his look, in 1888, Vuitton created the Damier Canvas pattern, which bore a logo that reads "marque L. Vuitton déposée", which translates into "L. Vuitton registered trademark". In 1892, Louis Vuitton died, and the company's management passed to his son . </P> <P> After the death of his father, Georges Vuitton began a campaign to build the company into a worldwide corporation, exhibiting the company's products at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 . In 1896, the company launched the signature Monogram Canvas and made the worldwide patents on it . Its graphic symbols, including quatrefoils and flowers (as well as the LV monogram), were based on the trend of using Japanese Mon designs in the late Victorian era . The patents later proved to be successful in stopping counterfeiting . In this same year, Georges traveled to the United States, where he toured cities such as New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago, selling Vuitton products . In 1901, the Louis Vuitton Company introduced the Steamer Bag, a smaller piece of luggage designed to be kept inside Vuitton luggage trunks . </P> <P> By 1913, the Louis Vuitton Building opened on the Champs - Elysees . It was the largest travel - goods store in the world at the time . Stores also opened in New York, Bombay, Washington, London, Alexandria, and Buenos Aires as World War I began . Afterwards, in 1930, the Keepall bag was introduced . During 1932, LV introduced the Noé bag . This bag was originally made for champagne vintners to transport bottles . Soon thereafter, the Louis Vuitton Speedy bag was introduced (both are still manufactured today). In 1936 Georges Vuitton died, and his son, Gaston - Louis Vuitton, assumed control of the company . </P> <P> During World War II, Louis Vuitton collaborated with the Nazis during the German occupation of France . The French book Louis Vuitton, A French Saga, authored by French journalist Stephanie Bonvicini and published by Paris - based Editions Fayard tells how members of the Vuitton family actively aided the puppet government led by Marshal Philippe Pétain and increased their wealth from their business affairs with the Germans . The family set up a factory dedicated to producing artifacts glorifying Pétain, including more than 2,500 busts . </P>

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