May 17, 2026 / 9:46 AM EDT

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Inside a modest building outside Paris, you'll find a museum of sorts, where more than a century of treasures are carefully stored and preserved. "It's intimidating," said Nicolas Ghesquière. "But here, it is always where you can find secrets."Those secrets are in the hands of Ghesquière, the designer shaping the French fashion house Louis Vuitton.

The cover of a 1901 Louis Vuitton catalog.