![]() “I’m not sure if founder Isabel Wilkinson anticipated they would get so much mileage, but they’re sturdy and seemingly travel-proof,” she says. Stylist and author Colin King, also a Rimowa carry-on devotee, uses a four-wheeled garment bag from Tumi when traveling internationally, while Sarah Levine, global director of marketing and communications for Lehmann Maupin, has taken to reusing the garment bags from her Attersee purchases. “I always say you don’t really need clothes if you travel with enough jewelry.” -Beverly Nguyen ![]() Any easy way to achieve that kind of organizational sanity? “I limit myself by the size of my suitcase,” says ELLE DECOR A-List designer Brigette Romanek-a sentiment shared by ELLE DECOR editor-in-chief and carry-on enthusiast Asad Syrkett, who recommends Rimowa’s Cabin bag (in green), and the stylist Beverly Nguyen (who likes it in silver). Basically, you want to be able to find things without unpacking and tearing everything apart. Much the same way a wardrobe might be color-coded, your bags need to have their own logic, whether they’re organized by material, color, or occasion. When traveling, as in life, there should be a method to any madness. When it comes to on-the-go organization, consistency is key. We decided to ask a few jet-setters how they approach the daunting task of prepping for life on the road. While you may not need a dedicated app to help you navigate it (and we unfortunately do not have one to offer you!), a little advice couldn’t hurt. It has to perform some of the functions of a closet, a bedroom, and a bathroom in one, a particularly difficult balance to strike. Your suitcase is a micro-closet, a portable sanctum for who you think you are and who you want to be, at least for the next week or two. While she’s just getting ready for a day of high school, there are some lessons here about how one should pack. She drags and drops skirts and tops together until she receives an approving ping. There’s a historic scene in the 1995 film Clueless in which Alicia Silverstone’s character, Cher Horowitz, peruses her closet using what we would now call an application.
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