If you want to get a read on someone, take a look at how they pack a suitcase. Roll vs fold. Strictly hand-luggage-only vs straining the baggage allowance. Zipped and ready a week before vs still shoving swimsuits in while the cab to City waits outside (PSA: unless you’re heading off to Love Island All Stars, two bikinis are more than enough). Turns out, our idiosyncratic packing preferences are highly revealing.
There is one thing that frequent flyers often agree on, however: Rimowa suitcases. Occupying a space of both turn-left luxury and robust practicality, the luggage brand’s distinctive, grooved designs have steadily cemented it as the discerning passenger’s travelling companion of choice. A spot-the Rimowa drinking game — shot every time you see a black or silver aluminium Classic Cabin in, say, one of Heathrow’s lounges — would be a dangerous (or perhaps sensible for those afflicted with jangly 35,000ft nerves) diversion to engage in pre-flight.
