Louis Vuitton FW26 “Marque L.Vuitton Déposée” Monogram Letter Intarsia Fine-Knit Sweater – BlackXBK5200915-ML

Louis Vuitton FW26 “Marque L.Vuitton Déposée” Monogram Letter Intarsia Fine-Knit Sweater – Black

The third Louis Vuitton FW26 fine-knit sweater in this catalog — and the one that carries the house’s oldest letterform credential. Where the gesture sweater uses a motif derived from a contemporary image source, this sweater’s intarsia carries the “Marque L.Vuitton Déposée” three-line letterform composition — the registered trademark text that appears on authentic Louis Vuitton monogram canvas and trunk hardware, rendered here in a pale blue double-faced loop-raised intarsia at the chest in a hand-distressed, irregular letterform style that reads as chalk-written or hand-lettered rather than typeset. The substrate: the same 48-count ultra-fine high-density worsted cashmere-blend yarn knitted on the German-imported Stoll 16-gauge machine as the two gesture sweaters. The same specialist soft-wash water treatment. The same eco-microfiber stretch base for dimensional stability. The black ground with pale blue lettering: the colorway that positions the house’s oldest credential in its most legible, highest-contrast register. The FW26 Louis Vuitton fine-knit sweater that carries the archive.

Why You’ll Love It

• “Marque L.Vuitton Déposée” – The House’s Registered Trademark Text as a Knit Intarsia Motif: The “Marque L.Vuitton Déposée” text — French for “Registered Mark of L.Vuitton” — is the trademark inscription that Louis Vuitton has placed on its monogram canvas, trunk locks, and hardware since the 19th century: the oldest textual credential in the house’s visual identity, predating the LV monogram’s current typographic form. In the FW26 fine-knit sweater, this three-line text is rendered as a pale blue double-faced loop-raised intarsia at the chest — the three lines stacked as they appear on trunk hardware: MARQUE / L.VUITTON / DÉPOSÉE. The letterform style: a hand-distressed, irregular chalk-written or hand-lettered rendering rather than a clean typeset version — the letterforms’ edges slightly irregular, the stroke weight variable, the overall composition reading as if hand-inscribed rather than mechanically reproduced. The hand-distressed letterform as the FW26 design decision: the archive credential rendered in the aesthetic register of contemporary streetwear ’s hand-drawn, imperfect graphic language — the house’s oldest text in the form of its current cultural moment.
• Pale Blue Double-Faced Loop-Raised Intarsia – The Archive Text in the FW26 Color Register: The same double-faced loop-raised intarsia technique as the gesture sweaters: the pale blue yarn built into the fabric structure at the letterform zones, producing a three-dimensional loop-pile surface above the flat 48-count black worsted ground. The pale blue color choice for the “Marque L.Vuitton Déposée” text: a deliberate departure from the white or cream that the archive credential’s trunk hardware context would suggest — the pale blue positioned at the blue-adjacent register of the FW26 gesture sweaters’ motif color, creating a visual coherence across the three FW26 knitwear pieces in this catalog without making the monogram letter sweater a direct colorway repeat of the gesture pieces. The pale blue loop-raised pile on the black worsted ground: high contrast, high legibility, the letterforms’ pale blue reading clearly against the black at reading distance while the loop-raised pile’s tactile surface adds the construction depth that flat-knit or embroidered letterforms cannot provide.
• 48-Count Ultra-Fine Worsted Cashmere-Blend + Stoll 16-Gauge – The Shared FW26 Production Standard: The same substrate as both gesture sweaters: 48-count ultra-fine high-density worsted cashmere-blend yarn, German-imported Stoll 16-gauge machine. The shared production standard across all three FW26 Louis Vuitton fine-knit pieces in this catalog: the yarn count, machine gauge, color-fixing process, custom all-cotton intarsia yarn, eco-microfiber base, and soft-wash finishing that define the FW26 knitwear construction tier. On the black ground of the monogram letter sweater, the 48-count worsted’s surface fineness reads in the same register as the black gesture sweater: the stitch density visible at close range, the surface smooth and consistent, the cashmere-blend’s warmth appropriate to the FW26 base-layer positioning.
• Hand-Distressed Letterform Style – The Archive Credential in Contemporary Graphic Language: The “Marque L.Vuitton Déposée” text rendered not in the clean, regular typography of trunk hardware stamps or monogram canvas print but in a hand-distressed, irregular letterform style: stroke weights that vary within a single letterform, edges that are slightly irregular rather than geometrically precise, the overall composition that reads as chalked, hand-painted, or brush-lettered. The hand-distressed style as the FW26 graphic decision: the same imperfect, hand-mark aesthetic that the gesture sweater’s loop-raised pile surface references in its own technique — the sweater whose motif and the sweater whose construction method are both operating in the register of the visible, imperfect hand. The pale blue hand-distressed archive text on black worsted: the FW26 Louis Vuitton knitwear piece that carries the most historical credential depth in the most contemporary graphic rendering.
• Three-Piece FW26 Louis Vuitton Knitwear System – The Catalog’s First Intra-Brand Knitwear Set: The “Marque L.Vuitton Déposée” monogram letter sweater completes a three-piece FW26 Louis Vuitton fine-knit set in this catalog: the black gesture sweater (dark ground, mid-contrast blue motif, contemporary image-source), the white gesture sweater (light ground, maximum-contrast blue motif, construction most legible), and this black monogram letter sweater (dark ground, pale blue archive-text motif, hand-distressed letterform style). All three share the same 48-count worsted cashmere-blend substrate, Stoll 16-gauge machine, double-faced loop-raised intarsia technique, custom all-cotton intarsia yarn, eco-microfiber base, and soft-wash finishing. The three pieces as a coordinated knitwear system: the same construction platform, three different motif registers — contemporary gesture, archive text in contemporary rendering, and the two colorways of the gesture composition as the set’s lightest and darkest ground expressions.
• Clean Crewneck Silhouette – The Minimal Format for the Archive Credential: The same minimal crewneck silhouette as both gesture sweaters: the format that makes the “Marque L.Vuitton Déposée” intarsia the sole object of attention on the sweater’s front face. The FW26 base-layer and commuter positioning: the fine-gauge crewneck that layers under structured outerwear without adding volume at the collar or shoulders, reads as smart-casual across office, transit, and social contexts, and carries the house’s oldest textual credential in the most versatile and understated silhouette format.

Size Guide

Note: All measurements are taken flat. A 1–3 cm variance is within normal range.

Fabric Composition

• Ground: 48-Count Ultra-Fine High-Density Worsted Cashmere-Blend Yarn, 16-Gauge (German-Imported Stoll Machine), Black
• Intarsia Motif: Custom All-Cotton Yarn — “Marque L.Vuitton Déposée” Three-Line Archive Text, Pale Blue, Double-Faced Loop-Raised Intarsia, Hand-Distressed Letterform Style
• Color Standard: Environmentally Certified Dye-Fixed, Custom Color-Matched to Original Garment Standard
• Base Layer: Eco-Microfiber Stretch Construction — Dimensional Stability, Shape Retention
• Finishing: Specialist Soft-Wash Water Treatment

Care Instructions

• Hand wash cold (max 30°C) — gentle cycle; minimal agitation to preserve the loop-raised letterform intarsia’s pile height and stitch structure
• Lay flat to dry — do not hang; fine-gauge worsted knit distorts under its own weight when hung
• Do not tumble dry — heat causes irreversible felting of worsted cashmere-blend fibers
• Do not bleach — destroys the black ground’s depth and the pale blue intarsia’s custom color-fixed dye
• Do not iron directly — steam lightly from 2–3 cm distance; never iron over the loop-raised letterform intarsia
• Dry clean recommended for long-term preservation of the 48-count worsted structure and double-faced loop-raised intarsia surface

SKU: XBK5200915-ML  |  Available in sizes S–2XL  |  FW26 Base Layer  |  Louis Vuitton FW26