Louis Vuitton has just released two new Monogram watch cases. One case is trunk style, and suitable for 8 watches. While the other is more like a roll case, and sized for 3-4 watches.

Bloomberg reports that, according to Yves Carcelle, the brand’s chief executive officer, Louis Vuitton will open its first stores in Lebanon and in Mongolia this year.

An unofficial source reported that the Louis Vuitton store in Ulaanbaatar will open on October 23rd 2009.

“Sometimes in our industry there is a tendency to follow your ego and sometimes open stores where you don’t have the market - we never do that,” Carcelle said.

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Paris-based jewelry designer Lorenz Bäumer, that had designed anonymously for Chanel and Baccarat has designed a fine jewelry collection for Louis Vuitton.

The collection is named L’âme du Voyage (“the soul of the trip”) and connects Louis Vuitton’s travel heritage with Bäumer’s own penchant for going places, in fact he has lived in Bonn, Germany; Amman, Jordan; Montreal; and Tel Aviv.

The collection consists of six sets, a one-of-a-kind necklace the focal point of each, with prices running up to $2.5 million.

Over the weekend the 2.4 million dollar Infiniti Essence Concept car was on display at the Louis Vuitton store in Troy, Michigan’s Somerset Collection Mall.

The car is part of a nationwide tour by Infiniti to keep in touch with customers during 2009, since they’ve decided to stay out of auto shows this year.

Since the car was developed with custom LV luggage, they’re stopping at as many stores as they can and throwing a little bash for select customers”

Germany-based Vintage Luggage Company has amassed the world’s greatest collection of classic travel items, Luxist reports.

Their large collection of vintage luggage includes the likes of Louis Vuitton, Hermès and Goyard.

The priceless collection includes a 1920s Vuitton desk trunk which converts to a writing table complete with a typewriter.