Louis Vuitton, a famour French fashion house, was founded in 1854. In 1998, Louis Vuitton’s artistic director Marc Jacobs introduced the Louis Vuitton Monogram Vernis line. As we all know, the early collections from Louis Vuitton were mainly all in grey and white. It is Marc Jacobs who designs the flashy Monogram style by adding jazzy and glamorous color to the collection. It is called Louis Vuitton Monogram Vernis. Monogram Vernis is kind of Monogram-embossed coated patent leather with shiny and brilliant surface in bright bold colors. Vernis means “varnish†in French, and it has the look of a frosted nail polish. Right since then, the Marc Jacobs team keeps working on the Monogram Vernis for every season, unveiling an entire spectrum of colors.

First of all, let’s appreciate some ancestor Louis Vuitton Monogram Vernis colors. Please pay attention that many of them were discontinued.

Colors introduced in 1998 were baby blue vernis, beige vernis, and orange epi. All of them were discontinued accordingly in 2001, 2005, and 1998. The baby blue is quite a soft and powder color, but it gets yellowed very quickly, especially when being applied at the corners and around the zippers of Louis Vuitton accessories. The beige is more like a light sand color. It is quite versatile, but does not go well with lighter colors. The most amazing one is the orange. The color is quite vibrant and the Monogram Vernis Epi leather just makes it better.

In 1999, rouge red, rose pink, silver, purple, and lime yellow colors have conquered a large portion of market. Compared with the orange color, the rouge red is a rather warmer color. It’s a pity that the rose pink color discontinued in 2000, since it’s really beautiful with a romantic touch. The silver color, without doubt, is quite versatile. I have to say it’s more versatile than the earlier beige one. Purple is also a great color to give ladies mysterious and delicate feelings. The light lime yellow color, in my humble opinion, might not afraid of being yellowed. However, it also discontinued in 2000.

Well, mango yellow and bronze were embracing 2000. Mango yellow is always the color that young cool gals are eager to have. The bronze of that time is a little different from the common bronze for the metallic looking.


After one year, ladies were falling for fluo pink, fluo orange and fluo green. And ladies are quite lucky to witness the limited edition vernis colors. The limited edition colors were created in black with white flowers; orange with bronze, pink and white flowers; pink with purple, pink and white flowers; and beige with bronze, black and beige flowers.



In the following three years after the limited edition, Louis Vuitton fans were crazy about the colors as fuschia, lavender, marshmallow, peppermint, perle, framboise, indigo, and noisette. The bright stunning pink—fuschia, is really stunning. Although it’s been around for only one year, it’s an instant color for collectors. The lavender does look pinky and powder. It looks a little different in real from in photo. Both showed up in 2004 and discontinued in 2005, the marshmallow and peppermint are looking more like eye shadow, quite creamy and pinky. The other four colors made their debut in 2005. Closing to white, the perle can give a frosty effect. Framboise is just another kind of popular pink, only more mellow. Discontinued in 2006, the indigo is more like a smokey dark blue. Well, just like bronze in 2000, the noisette in 2005 is also of metallic look.

Amarante and pomme d’ amour are quite modern, and still lead the trend in 2011. They both belong to the colors which are difficult to describe, and they look different out in the sun and indoors.

Last but not least, what are the ‘it’ colors of Monogram Vernis in Louis Vuitton 2011? There are three fabulous colors available, which are terre d’ ombre, bleu infini, and blanc corail. One earthy brown, one deep blue and one pale rose. All of them are extremely classy in the Louis Vuitton catalogue. How do you like them?