Founded in 1829 in Brussels, Delvaux is the oldest fine leather luxury goods company in the world For over 180 years, the output of the Belgian luxury goods house Delvaux has met the needs of a clientele living through times of dramatic change and movement. Founded in an era when travel was largely horse-drawn, the company has survived through revolutions and wars, and adapted to the requirements of railways and ocean liners, bicycles, cars and jets. This book follows Delvaux from the manufacture of travel goods for the local nobility in the 19th century, through the rise of the modern handbag in the 20th century, to the company's vision of a new kind of elegance under its artistic director Veronique Branquinho. The exhibition Delvaux. 180 years of Belgian luxury runs from Thursday September 17th 2009 till Sunday February 22nd 2010 in the Antwerp Fashion Museum. This book is the official catalogue and gives a splendid overview of fashion and the history of this amazing fashion house. Hettie Judah is a British curator and writes about design in international media such as The Financial Times, Art Review and DAMn. She is editor of The Word Magazine. Véronique Pouillard has worked at the Columbia University in New York for the National Fund for Scientific Research. As an assistant-researcher at the Institut d'Histoire de Temps Présent in Paris, she writes about the history of fashion. She is also a researcher at the Harvard Business School.