Los Angeles - January 05, 2004

Carried Away

Valextra Luggage

You’re not just plugged in. You’re hooked up.

Blackberry, iPod, Treo. All linked to one another, jacked into your laptop, and keeping you ridiculously connected to the world.

But lately you find yourself longing for a time when connecting meant face-to-face interaction and traded information took place on paper rather than in megabytes. When quality time was measured in weekend trips to friends’ homes, not in e-mail grunts.

Valextra’s charmingly classic collection of luggage will take you right back to the days of quiet social visits and cucumber sandwiches. Available exclusively at Sigerson Morrison in L.A., the pieces come in candy colors or more understated neutrals. Valextra was the luggage of choice of Gracy Kelly and Valentino and features the same craftsmanship and pedigree as Hermes … without the media oversaturation.

So the next time you step out you can really pull off the whole genteel old-world charm thing.

Just don’t forget to turn off your ringer.

Available at Sigerson Morrison, 8307 West Third Street, between La Cienega and Crescent Heights Boulevards (323-655-6133).