-First form of wheeled luggage surfaces in Palestine during the Crusades
-Weaponry carts
-Pulled by the Templar Knights
-These carts contained everything needed for repairing items in battle: including sword sharpening implements, shoe, chain-mail and skull mending tools.
-The Oxford English Dictionary the word ‘luggage’ enters printed English in 1596.
-The word derives from lug (v.) "to drag" and literally means "that which needs to be lugged about".
-Next seen in history during the British Raj
-Maharani of Nadir arrived at an official reception with a wheeled carry-all an attending
-A British Colonel immediately recognised it’s potential, drew a sketch, and applied to London for a patent
-Colonel’s patent application was “lost” and the invention granted instead to Prince Albert by his wife, Queen Victoria.
-They named it the “Travelling Carry-All, Omni-Conveyance, Bewheeled”.
-Founded by French businessman, Louis Vuitton on Rue Neuve des Capucines in Paris
-Differed from trunks of the day because they were flat (instead of a round top)
-Could be stacked easily during transportation
-Budget Box’s first appears in 1860
-Originally made for politician William Gladstone
-Traditionally made from red stained rams’ leather and have a lead lining (to ensure the box sank when thrown overboard a ship, should its owner be captured)
-Designed to withstand any catastrophe (bomb proof)
-The lock is on the bottom opposite the hinges and the handle, to guarantee it is locked before being carried.
-Luggage was designed with steamships in mind
-Bags placed in the hold of a ship were held in damp and leaky conditions and would lside around or be crushed easily
-Luggage designs were built of wood, leather or had a heavy iron base
-The best and highest quality were waterproofed with canvas or tree sap.
-Simon Tissot Dupont started his luggage and leather goods workshop in France in 1872.
-Manufactured products to the highest social circles of the time - including Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie (first customers)
-Georges Vuitton (Louis Vuitton’s son)
-Revolutionised the brand when he invented an unpickable tumbler lock
-Each had its own serial number allowing one key to fit into many pieces of luggage with the same owner.
-Fame of this bag developed much later
-First incarnation of the ‘Kelly’ bag
-Designed by Hermes
-Initially known as sac à dépêches (intended as a saddle bag)
-Later redesigned
-Made popular by actress Grace Kelly (pregnant Princess of Monaco)
-Used the handbag to shield her belly from the paparazzi.
-David Nelken first founded Globe-Trotter in 1897 in Saxony, Germany
-Wanderluster and adventurers including:
-Antarctic explorer Captain Scott and Winston Churchill
-The Queen who chose it for her honeymoon luggage in 1943
-Sir Edmund Hilary (used globe-trotter during his conquest of Everest in 1953
-Founded in Denver, Colorado
-By Jesse Shwayder
-Named after Biblical strongman
Didn’t begin using the trademark until 1941
Company changed name to Samsonite in 1966
-A suitcase revolution came about with the advent of the automobile
-Cars became a common method of transport
-Heavy old fashioned trunks and suitcases became unnecessary
-Suitcases had to become lighter and cheaper if they wanted to compete; leather, wood and steel gave way to cardboard, plastic other modern materials.
-In 1922 just about all Ernest Hemingway’s manuscripts and work up until that point were lost
-Stolen while his wife was travelling from and never recovered
-We'll never know whether or not it might have been the most important suitcase in American literature.
-Piccadilly' was first established in 1923
-At 170 Piccadilly, London
-One of the oldest luggage stores in the world.
-Founded by Emile Delhaye and the Seynhaeve brothers
-Originally made leather cases for cameras and photographers' equipment
-Not until later the brand made luggage
-Ridgid bags was the DELSEY Airstyle
-Launched in 1970.
-Steamship travel= strong, waterproof, and sturdy luggage
-Plane journeys=luggage had to become the opposite
-Zips replaced clasps, less suitcases were waterproof and wheels and pullies were added
-Travellers carried their own cases in transit
-Mary Poppins is famous for her magical carpet bag
-It can hold an unprecidented amount and accommodate unusually large objects – a lamp shade, a plant and a mirror
-Bernard Sadow credited with the invention of the wheeled suitcase
-Noticed a worker rolling heavy machinery with relative ease on a wheeled skid
-He removed the castors of a wardrobe trunk and mounted them on a large suitcase
-Holds the United States patent for “Rolling Luggage".
-Didn’t take off immediately
-Macy's took an order from Mr Sadow's United States Luggage Corporation and his invention took off
-US luggage manufacturer Tumi
-Founded by Charlie Clifford (after joining the Peace Corps in Peru)
-Name taken from a Peruvian god.
-Named after singer and actress Jane Birkin
-Hermès heard her complaining she couldn’t find an elegant roomy bag
-Remains one of the most recognisable designs in the fashion industry.
-Name taken from the author and explorer Rudyard Kipling.
-Founded in Antwerp, Belgium
-Bags and cases recognised by the monkey key-ring (brand's emblem)
-Cold War the Soviet KGB rumoured to have created over 100 ‘suitcase nukes’ - which had then subsequently been lost!
-Each estimated to contain 10-kiloton punch (as powerful as an Hiroshima bomb)
-May have existed, but explosive capacity was exaggerated
-Don Ku of Flushing, New York, earns a patent for a "Wheeled Suitcase of Luggage Support with Collapsible Towing Handle"
-Luggage and wheeled transport combined into one
-Micro Luggage - a wheeled case with integral kick-board, intended for businessmen to roll through airports with ease and speed
-Chinese suitcase bike invention allows one to transform your bike into a suitcase making transportation easier
-Large wheel with has two compartments for storing belongings
-Waterproof
-Can travel on pretty much any terrain
-Less energy is required on your part to maneuver it of because of the design of the giant wheel,
-Case which weighs itself (no more additional baggage fee)
-Starting at just £49.99.
-Designer Jung Inyoung’s
-Kinetic Energy Case
-pulls itself
-Mains and outlet to charge gadgets
-What’s the future?
-How about arriving at your destination with your luggage dropped right at the door?
-No more waiting by a baggage carousel, lugging your belongings through a terminal and hauling it up onto the check-in counter
-With drones one could program the destination into the drone, attach the bags, commence travel and then arrive with the luggage at the doorstep.
