NICE TRUNKS

The Samsonite Black Label Collections are so-so. With the brand collaboration pandemic contiuing into 2008, you sometimes get the impression that that the creatives laughed all the way the bank, delivering something sub-standard – like McQueen’s Samsonite collaboration, which is conceptually strong, but ugly in practice.

Cleverly, this time around Samsonite has delved into its heritage, resurrecting pieces from the original trunk collection of the Shwayder Brother, the original founders of the Samsonite brand. The 20’s style cases have kept original features in tact but adding handy modern features like wheels.

Instead of bringing on a big name collaborator, they've just made great trunks. Chloe Sevigny has been brought on to spruke the bag and not actually design it. Remember that concept? And I want one of these trunks.