5 THE NO-TROPHY TROPHY LUGGAGE
When you’re standing at the baggage carousel, nothing says “posh” quite like a Globe-trotter, the 125-year-old British brand beloved of Winston Churchill, and which the Queen has been using ever since her honeymoon in 1947.
While the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have also been known to go on royal tours accompanied by their Globetrotters (Kate with a Longchamp tote as carry-on, William with a battered Thomas Lyte briefcase), the fabled brand has a rival in the affections of younger aristos who find their distinctive leather straps and general heft unwieldy. For short haul jaunts they love Rimowa, the German brand founded in 1898 whose fashion credibility was raised when it was bought by LVMH in 2016, since which
time it has collaborated with Off-white and Dior. Sleek, lightweight and with “really glide-y wheels”, according to one wealthy friend, they love its durable aluminium frame, and that it’s the ultimate in stealth wealth, whose provenance is only discernible to those in the know.
Rimowa aluminium cabin suitcase, £870 (24S.com)