How great bags age

Centenary suitcase

Simon Crompton writes about his purchase of Globe-Trotter luggage. I may not share his love of hard sided suitcases but I do like what he says in this passage:

One of the great attractions of buying classic, handmade items is how they age; true investment pieces that last not just more than one season, but more than one generation. However, few articles are written about aging. Understandably, most are written about the instantly thrilling, box-fresh purchase.

When I first wrote about buying the luggage two years ago, one reader commented: "Simon, those are beautiful suitcases. But... do you really use them for air travel today? Don't they get ruined?" I didn't really know it at the time, but the point is that no, they do not.

How great things age: Globe-Trotter luggage