Aaron was in PA at a new Wegman's opening for the weekend. He brought me back a pack of vintage luggage labels from the airport giftshop.
I love how in the day's of yore (or is it yesteryear?) people would put stickers from their travels onto their suitcases. Why did people stop doing this? I guess when we started using fabric luggage.
I love the look of old luggage too. (talk to me after I had to lug it through an airport without wheelies and see how much I love it then) The thought of using used vintage luggage icks me out though for some reason. And the only old fashioned styled suitcase I have found online costs $1,695.00. Yowza. I think I will just stick the labels on my little vintage Samsonite Train Case my mom gave me.
i like these ones too
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I could have written this a few months ago. I was taking my first train trip and desperately wanted a vintage case. Much of what I saw was cool on the outside, gross on the inside. I finally found something on EBay, a Hartmann suitcase, but even though I SWORE I hated luggage with wheels, I found that it's very, very heavy lugging multiple wheel-less things through the airport. I had never flown before, but now that I have, let me just say that Charlott'es airport always seems to put me two mile from where I need to be, with five minutes to get there. So I bought a wheeled suitcase. I love the stickers too though, but I'm not sure they'd look right on the suitcase I bought. The other thing I'm always looking for are vintage luggage tags.
ReplyDeleteI found some cute vintage luggage at the thrift store last week and didn't buy it because I didn't think I would use it. It kind of grossed me out, but it smelled kind of gross inside too.
ReplyDeleteI had a vintage suitcase - a hand-me-down from the parents. I think they originally bought it for their honeymoon in 75. It was so great looking, a blue and green plaid...but...they had crappy little wheels and one single (non-retractable) handle. Eventually the zipper broke. Which wasn't such a bad thing, because the ones they make these days are so much better.
ReplyDeleteI also like the old tradition of sticking a sticker on your bag so show where you've visited. Since I use the "modern" soft-sided luggage, I sew patches on it! Lots of places we've been you can buy a patch of (um like in Chicago, I bought one in the gift shop of the Sears Tower that had a building and said "Sears Tower" - it's cool!). So I've got some fun patches sewed on my suitcase and it's easy to spot on the luggage roundabout thingy too!
ReplyDeleteby chance, was aaron at the wegmans that just opened in Warrington, PA? was he behind the scenes or out in the store? i was there, but i didn't spy an aaron.
ReplyDeleteI love vintage/replica labels on suitcases! I got some ocean liner replica labels a few years ago and later found myself a vintage suitcase - yes, I lucked out and found one in very good condition, but it still needed a VERY good cleaning, inside and out! The labels look fantastic, though - I ModPodged them on to make sure that they would be secure. The case is too heavy for anything other than weekend use in a car, but it has traveled with me, been used as an onstage prop, and it makes a great household conversation piece/end table!
ReplyDeleteAnd an aside - after hearing all about its amazingness from your site, I've experienced a Wegmans myself - it is an ubersupermarket!
anna - yes! Aaron was at the Warrington opening... he was wandering around in the store... signing people up for shoppers club cards I believe. He was just there for the weekend.
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