PACK IT UP

Charlotte Ronson has baggage. Don't we all?

The problems with lugging a Louis Vuitton to the airport are twofold:

First, someone could steal it, thinking you're very wealthy because if your suitcase costs $2000, imagine what's inside.

Second, a hundred other girls are showing up to LAX with exactly the same thing, and half of them bought it from a shady vendor's Honda trunk.

If you want to avoid being copied, or being all-out faked, you'll need a more subtle plan of attack for your stuff.

Enter Charlotte Ronson.  The dual citizen of Britain and America is always on the go, and she got so sick of finding good luggage, she finally just made her own.

Originally available just in Japan, the luggage is labeled "Globetrotter" and can fit basically everything inside.

You can buy it at Charlotte's boutiques, and since it's limited edition, rest easy that nobody else will have your baggage in the airport.

Of course, your shrink could have told you that, too.
FARAN KRENTCIL



This story was published on July 7, 2008.