Chapter 2 : The Wardrobe Standards

           The wardrobe was not just designed to transport ladies' and gentlemen's clothes from point A to point B. It's a real traveling piece of furniture. Indeed, all its ingenuity comes from its interior; it is no longer necessary to unpack your clothes, the dresses and costumes remain suspended, forming no fold. As soon as the trunk is closed, the clothes are pressed against each other, and cannot move and therefore not wrinkle or fray.

 Louis Vuitton's Catalog, 1914.

         The standard wardrobes in the Louis Vuitton 1914 catalog come in a variety of sizes and formats.
For lady, the standard format is 57x55x125, with wardrobe and drawers, leaving room for 12 to 18 clothes and dresses plus shoes, cloths, gloves, hats according to accessories or, if any wardrobe, 15 to 25 clothes. They are also equipped with ladies' hangers, called "Princess Hangers".

« Princess Hangers », these elongated hangers, designed for dresses.

Lady Wardrobe « 55’ », monogram Louis Vuitton, ref : R2369

          For men, the standard format is 57x55x135 and consists of the same elements. It also exists in 57x55x115 to "meet the standards of American railway companies" and it is also suitable for people of average size. Each one of them is equipped according to your needs, full wardrobe, full racks, frame with hats or coat racks... And sometimes, one finds even accessories a little out of the ordinary...