What years was the Louis Vuitton Speedy 40 produced?

Name: Louis Vuitton Speedy 40
Brand: Louis Vuitton

The Louis Vuitton Speedy 40 was produced 1994.

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Speedy

Catalogued July 2026

The Louis Vuitton Speedy is a soft, rounded duffle-shaped handbag with a zip-top closure, rolled leather handles, and a hanging padlock, first created in the 1930s as a scaled-down city version of the Keepall travel bag. Originally called the Express, it was renamed Speedy to reflect the era's fascination with speed and modern travel. It is most recognized in Monogram and Damier coated canvas, with the compact Speedy 25 among the best-known sizes. It remains one of Louis Vuitton's most enduring and recognizable everyday bags.

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Colour

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Material

MonogramCanvas Denim Epi Empreinte Damier Ebene Damier Azur Leather Unknown

Hardware

goldbrassUnknown

Construction

BandoulièreStandardUnknown

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Material

Monogramdefault, Damier Ebene, Damier Azur, Empreinte

Seasonal: Epi, Vernis, Denim

Construction

Standarddefault, Bandoulière

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The Louis Vuitton Speedy 40 is a coated canvas (Monogram) bag produced 1994.

What it's worth

Louis Vuitton · Speedy · 40

VintageAll 40 colours and leathers · 346 recorded prices

Best listed right now: $473 on The RealReal, well below the typical price (median $1,495).

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Vintage production (1994): no longer made, so condition and a complete set tend to matter more to value.

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excellent

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very good

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good

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fair

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$695$2,195

Estimated from recorded resale prices (built from 341 asking + 5 sold prices · 267 with condition unrecorded) · not an appraisal. As of 2026-08-27.

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Where it stands

#107

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#230Manhattan · Saint Laurent
#231Speedy · Louis Vuitton
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LHouseLouis Vuittonest. 1854 · France Leathercoated canvas (Monogram)Hardwarebrass Era1990s1994 to now

The Story

A 1930s travel bag, shrunk to Audrey Hepburn's specifications.

Origin

The Express, scaled down

The Speedy arrived in 1930 as a smaller take on the popular Keepall travel bag. In an era of faster travel by car, train and plane, it was first called the Express.

SourcesWWD l'Étoile

Culture

Audrey's 25

In 1959 Audrey Hepburn asked Louis Vuitton to miniaturize the bag into something she could carry every day. The resulting Speedy 25, just 25 centimeters wide, turned the style into an icon and is still a favorite size.

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Specifications

Size40

Exterior materialcoated canvas (Monogram)

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Hardware colorbrass

ConstructionStandard

Production years1994

StatusDiscontinued

Marketresale

About coated canvas (Monogram)

Typecoated canvas

Resale price history

+193%

$520 → $1,525 across 346 recorded sales

2026-05 – 2026-08

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Care for it

coated canvas (Monogram): Coated canvas is the low-maintenance one. Wipe it down; save the leather care for the trim.

Protectant spray

An invisible barrier that helps the bag shrug off water and light stains.

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Base shaper

A firm insert that stops the bottom from sagging under its own weight.

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A soft stuffed pillow that fills the body so it holds its shape in storage.

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The case for

Canvas Speedys outlive their owners' interest in them. People in these threads are still carrying bags from 1984, 1989 and 1998, and the wear that turns up is at the corners and handles, not the body.
3 sources · r/Louisvuitton: my big disappointment about the Speedy (no feet)
It is a wipe-and-go bag. Coated canvas shrugs off spilled coffee and rain, the empty body weighs almost nothing, and owners describe genuinely throwing it around rather than babying it.
3 sources · r/Louisvuitton: my big disappointment about the Speedy (no feet)
Resale is dependable and preloved is the usual advice. Owners routinely find near-new secondhand ones for a real saving, and several think the older production runs are the better made ones.
4 sources · r/handbags: is the Speedy B 30 in monogram worth it

The gripes

Top handle only, and it shows. The handles bite into your hand and wrist when the bag is loaded, you cannot go hands free, and parents say it stops working the day you have a toddler.
4 sources · PurseForum: Speedy 30, is it comfortable
One open pocket inside and a fabric lining that stains. Owners keep everything in pouches or buy an organizer, and treat that insert as part of what the bag costs.
3 sources · YouTube, Jill Maurer (@JillMaurer), a negative Speedy 30 review
The coating can crack where the canvas creases, and reviewers describe that as damage nobody can undo. It turns up often enough that owners check for it when buying secondhand.
2 sources · YouTube, Jill Maurer (@JillMaurer), a negative Speedy 30 review
Vachetta is the care burden on monogram and Azur. It darkens unevenly and marks in rain, which is why several owners keep a Damier Ebene Speedy as the bad-weather bag instead.
3 sources · PurseForum: anyone still use their classic Speedy
Retail has climbed faster than inflation by owners' own accounting. People who bought a decade or more ago quote what they paid and say plainly they would not buy the same bag new today.
3 sources · PurseForum: Speedy 30 in 2023, keep it or sell it

We write these in our own words from reviews published elsewhere, then let owners here vote them up or down. Read as of July 2026. Reputation shifts, so if one of these has stopped being true, mark it out of date.