Louis Vuitton takes the humble game of the world’s rec rooms and college dorms to the next level with its monogrammed table tennis set.
Guess what. We’re about to blow your mind. While most of the world thinks (or at least suspects) that the game of table tennis is an Asian construct, they’d be wrong. Table tennis, or Ping-Pong (a possibly misleading subsequent trade name) as it’s often called, was devised in England in the early 1900s by bored gents forced indoors by foul weather.
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Based on the principles of lawn tennis, the game quickly found followers across Europe, with the Fédération Internationale de Tennis de Table founded in 1926, the same year the first world championships were held. It wasn’t until the 1950s that Asian teams started to dominate, with China winning the first World Cup in 1980 and teams from the region winning gold when table tennis entered the Olympics.
If you’ve had aspirations to up the ante on your Ping-Pong game, perhaps going luxury might be the answer. For the paddler who has everything, Louis Vuitton’s monogrammed table tennis set has the appropriate accoutrement you’ll need to play the greatest little game in style.
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The set comes with two professionally-designed regulation paddles, presented in stunning zippered leather cases decked out in the classic LV pattern, as well as four balls that come with their own leather slings.
Throw the whole lot over your shoulder after claiming victory thanks to an additional leather lanyard, all for just US$1,700.
Time to channel your inner Gump.
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