Last night, I was contemplating my need for new carry-on luggage for my trip to New York and had one of those fabulously impractical ideas that I now can’t seem to get out of my head – wouldn’t it be fun to own a vintage suitcase?
I know, I know. They invented rolling luggage for a reason. But it seems like that reason is mostly to keep weaklings from having to exert themselves and to allow people like me to pack too many pairs of shoes.
Think about it: If you know you aren’t going to have to lift your bag, you can talk yourself into packing heavy books you won’t read and high heels you won’t wear. But if you have to lug a bag around by the handles, everything gets weighed and reconsidered before it gets packed. At least, that’s how I justified firing up ebay and searching for vintage suitcases. There’s something very appealing about the idea of toting around a light blue vintage hard-side suitcase while wearing a full-skirted dress you sewed yourself.
I eventually bought a heavily discounted Jansport duffel bag and almost matching laptop bag, both of which are stuffed with stiflingly practical features like backpack straps and water bottle pockets. But I get the feeling that this urge to own something a little cuter and much less functional isn’t going to just go away. So I’m watching a few items on eBay.
You know. Just in case.
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