"After my parents separated," Benoit Vuitton once recalled, "my mother, my brother and I moved to Versailles. One day this stupid gym teacher said in front of the whole class: 'Are you part of that Vuitton family? Can I have some free luggage?' I realized then that we were different...
"I will never forget being invited to a birthday party at 8 and being so excited. When I got there, though, there were 13 children, and I was the only boy. I've met some very crazy mothers in my time."