I want it

[diblik-goblin.livejournal.com]

 

I love these! but I doubt she could carry them so easy (or it was beacuse in that time all the portable things would make you so much stronger?)

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[hootie-mcboobs.livejournal.com]

I would think they would have to be filled with bubbles to be carrying them around so easily.

What is the reasoning behind round luggage? Is it just a style thing or is there some large, round object that I am apparently forgetting every time I travel? Is it for hats?

[diblik-goblin.livejournal.com]

exactly HATS i think thats the only safe way to carry them!

[weelisa.livejournal.com]

Because they look so cool! I had a black patent leather round carrying case for my barbies growing up - I have never seen anything so cool since then.

Man, I would seriously push someone over for a round suitcase!

[siddles.livejournal.com]

If you look on eBay for vintage hat cases you might find some. I have two, which I actually use to store hats.

[siddles.livejournal.com]

P.S. Mine are just boring black though. "Hawaiian Blue" is so much cooler, and probably hard to find nowadays.

[craving-vintage.livejournal.com]

Hats and wigs!

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

They are for hats. Although, I used to have a portable hair dryer that looked similar. One of the many things I owned that I had to say "now look, it's cute and cool but you can't use it and it's not that displayable..."

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

At some point, someone in my family (probably my mother) had a set of these. I only remember ever seeing one piece though, which had seen a lot of wear and tear. My older sister got to pack her stuff in it whenever we traveled. It was that same blue color.

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

What a way to plug traveling to Hawaii with "Hawaiian blue." Hawaii was made a state in August of 1959.

[weelisa.livejournal.com]

You're right about her carrying them so lightly - ever see teevee shows where the actors clearly have empty styrofoam coffee cups - they way they swing them around.

[craving-vintage.livejournal.com]

My grandmother had that luggage. lol

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

They're all empty because she's buying up big in Paris!

I like them. I would buy those. I even have a hat collection but I only take the ones I can flatten when I travel so I'd go for the hat case too.

[singeaddams.livejournal.com]

WANT! (Man, this comm is bad for my peace of mind.)

[crabofdoom.livejournal.com]

Samsonite so needs to make repros of these things, for srs. I have two of these in storage, of the regular suitcase kind. They're both kind of marbled aqua with white trim, snagged from two different thrift stores. Need cleaned, of course, but they're awesome. I'd love to fix them up enough to store my knit blankets in them. One of them still has a 60s travel sticker from Hawai'i on it.

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but in order for them to sell, they'd all have to have wheels on them, ruining the look.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

"Yes, I will just shove this suitcase under my arm. It only has my enormous portable typewriter and a whole bunch of hardback books in it, but the magic of Samsonite makes it soooo easy to carry!"

Seriously, though, those cases are gorgeous and I want them.

[bradygirl_12]

I had a round travel case for my Barbies, too. :)

[whoseline_wlsc]

I'd love to have those. So cute, love the color!

[thesilverlight.livejournal.com]

I seriously covet that luggage.

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

Light-hearted luggage is all very well till you put actual stuff in it. I call shenanigans. All of those pretty bags are empty.

That said, I want them.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

I remember my dad carrying old-school luggage that way, with one under his arm. But the big difference is that in 1960, most places she traveled would have had porters to handle the luggage. She would have been wearing a suit and heels, especially if she was flying, and would not have been expected to wrangle her own luggage.

What this set doesn't show is a train case (http://highplainsthrifter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/milkytraincase.jpg). This was a woman's carry-on for staying in a sleeping compartment or Pullman car. The top was a vanity case, often with a mirror in the lid, and had a lift-out tray that was divided to hold cosmetics. The inside (http://highplainsthrifter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/img_9937.jpg) was big enough to hold your night clothes and some clean underwear along with your larger toiletries. Everything else was handled by the porter and stored in the baggage car.

[dasia-rockstar.livejournal.com]

This ad is really beautiful. With a typeface update I could totally see it in a magazine today. *swoons*

[chicklet-girl.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I wouldn't mind going back to the days when you had to dress up to fly if it meant we could go back to not having TSA agents look at x-rays of our naked bodies. I wouldn't even ask to have peanuts again. Just the ability to keep my shoes on.

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

I have a set of the Samsonite luggage that was like a step below this...the Fashiontone (http://myvintageaddiction.com/index.php/2010/03/02/the-find-report-pink-samsonite-suitcases/). My set is in green... (http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.130374351.jpg)and I have the train case, two suitcases, and, yes...the round hat box (http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.149410577.jpg). They're in storage now...but I love them so hard.

Growing up, my mom had a white one. When I discovered they came in green, I was so psyched. I think I also had a blue one that I got for $5 on the street in San Francisco. I'm not sure what happened to that one.

Here's a photo of an ad for that style...

[serpentskiss.livejournal.com]

I have two of the train cases. One in blue and one in tan. I have a blue suitcase too.