Fresh from 150 years of designing luxury trunks, luggage and high-fashion wear, Louis Vuitton has since entered into the art of gaming, initially with a monogrammed chess boards, croquet set and snooker table and now, with the launch of its very first Le Babyfoot - French for table football - and billiards table.
Initially inspired by Louis Vuitton’s grandson, Gaston Louis Vuitton’s, love of sports and games, the luxury French fashion house’s made-to-order games collection has set the benchmark for both style and substance in lifestyle products.
The new Babyfoot table is available in the Maison’s iconic Monograph Eclipse or Damier Graphite, and comes a rainbow of vibrant Epi leathers, such as cyan, pistachio and fuchsia, as well a delicious bi-coloured caramel and white variation in smooth leather.
The players, inspired by Louis Vuitton’s ‘Groom’, the famed character from the Maison’s 1921 advertising images, are each hand-cast in aluminum and, as a true testament of Louis Vuitton’s savoir-faire, history and personalisation, each player is meticulously hand-painted by expert artisans in team colors to compliment the custom canvas or leather table. With hand-painted counting coins too, you’ll be shouting ‘goal’ as you snake the wining shot!
In addition, Louis Vuitton has launched its first billiards table in the Maison's monogram motif, the ideal Eid Al-Fitr gift for cue-sports lovers. The table is also available in the darker monogram Eclipse or Damier Graphite, with splashes of colour in cyan and fuchsia, or bi-coloured navy and pistachio or caramel and white in smooth leather.
Deliciously smooth corners in delicate cowhide leather sit alongside hand-pressed metallic hardware and studs engraved with LV's signature. The table is completed by carefully packed accessories, such as billiard balls painted with flowers from the Monogram pattern encircling the numbers, two pairs of leather and Monogram two-piece cues and a hot-stamped leather triangle, all combining Louis Vuitton's savoir-faire and longstanding love for all sports.
