Luggage: Finding your style!
If you're the type of person who only purchases good quality
luggage, then you know that it pays to spend more money for
reliable brands where you get not only style but durability. In
fact, Consumer Reports found when testing cheap luggage sets in
price range of $48 to $100, that they didn't hold up during air
travel.
But aside from quality, which is clearly a key factor in your
purchase; style and organization are two other factors that
determine choice.
Consider this, in the past year or so, more and more articles
have been written about the expanding birth of luggage style.
Colors such as bright hues of orange, blue, purple and pink in
sets or individual, are more commonly seen rolling around
airports and urban streets.
With many luggage manufacturers moving towards more stylish
luggage, or at least offering a luggage line which appeals to
the fashion oriented consumer, reputable brands like Samsonite
and Eagle Creek offer hip. And, you would expect fashionable
pieces from manufacturers such as: Diane von Furstenberg, Oscar
de la Renta and Ricardo of Beverly Hills. see:
http://www.luggage-boutique.com/diane-von-furstenberg-luggage.htm
Yet the more things change the more they stay the same. Or maybe
not! There will still continue to be the popular niche of toned
down black luggage. Business travelers in particular count on
this color. It also hides the dirt!
However, urban style oriented travelers, business and pleasure
may also find a way to buy some of the newest styles in
carry-ons, passport cases, hand carrying garment bags and such.
In fact, newer names making some hip luggage are Jack Spade,
Mandarin Duck and Freitag, all worth checking out.
Already a well known brand, Tumi, makes a range of stylish
leather and ballistic luggage. Perhaps lesser known Heys
Luggage, great for colorful luggage sets in hardside and soft
cases, will gain greater following as the moving-luggage
marriage of form and function rolls on!