LUGGAGE FASHIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1933, Page 2

LUGGAGE FASHIONS

.VARIED HUES OF THE RAINBOWj: ' J GAY SCENES IN LONDON. . Rainbow-hued luggage is 'helping to enliven' the holiday scenes at the railway stations in London this summer. Women have been snatching the. opportunity provided by the sales to equip themselves with the gayest of playtime luggage that might have been Resigned for'the c-hbrug of A West End musical comedy. t , .While departing from all conventions in the. mattcjr of shape, the hew luggage is claimed to Be far more '‘serviceable than the drab suitcase or heavy trunk, with itis complicated trays, that once symbolised the joys of travel. One of the surprises of the summer sales has been the way in which women have been invading the travel 1 departments for .bargains in the new “classified” luggage. Blouses, sports kit, the week-end wardrobe, and even needlework, a.re all classified nowadays and packed in their respective bags, specially designed for the purpose. One result of this development, says the Sunday Times, is that it is pos sible to tell a passenger's destination from her luggage. Oases to take bathing wraps and other beach kit label the

seaside holiday-maker ; while the dimi-

nutive eases that just take an evening dress and pair of shoes and night attire are.r all that the modern week-ender Way of luggage. Holiday t s special case, designed on,-.- vacuum flask line. s =fEvem the airwoman i 6 recognisable from ■her case, equipped with toilet accessories and containing a change of clothes, ‘ yet observing the restrictions regarding size and weight. i This modern luggage can be obtained in- every shade of the rainbo\y,, but every woman must choose her shade and keep to it. The . whole equipment.' hajlbox, " suitcase, blouse-case, workbag and .all the other cases, must exactly match her travel clothes, handbag, and even shoes.

The gayest shades including red and emerald green, are the choice of the debutante; the soft pastel shades, such as blue', .are favoured by the young married woman, and the more sober shades by the older generation. Another colour classification is washable white luggage, piped with black or a colour.

The twentieth-century woman, however, is .not such .a- pionee r in the matter of luggage she believes. Her arrival at her destination with her complement of small cases is curiously reminiscent of ■.'aricatnres of the Victorians setting forth on their travels.