Every SNCF user has had the painful experience of pacing the crowded platforms of a station, tripping over passengers' wheeled suitcases.
How far are the days of Robert Louis Stevenson's formula:
"The important thing is not the destination, it's the journey."
However, there are still aesthetes who prefer, for a weekend, an elegant bag worn over the years, to luggage that is as functional as it is impersonal.
Melissa Morris, the Londoner behind the Métier brand, is one of them:
“Honestly, I feel so much more elegant with my weekend bag at the airport than dragging a suitcase behind me.
It's just a more beautiful and enjoyable way to travel."
The very first 48-hour bag in history is none other than the Duffle Bag, this cylindrical luggage invented in the 17th century by the wool craftsmen of Duffel (which also gave its name to the duffle coat), in Belgium, in order to transport goods and weapons.
In 1938, the Louis…
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