Throwback Thursday: Hat Boxes and Train Cases

March 21, 2013 at 2:14 PM | by JetSetCD | Comments (0)

Sure, we love all the speed and comfort of modern travel, but it didn't get that way overnight. Every Thursday, we're going to take a look back at travel the way it used to be, whether that's decades or centuries ago. This is Throwback Thursday, travel edition.

It's tragic that we no details on this image, because this traveler (likely a celebrity) is fabulous despite what has likely been a 30-hour trip.

Everything here just says style—from the stack of hat boxes and train cases (notice no large, ungainly luggage) to the pattern and wrap of her dress, to her pose as if she's fretting about an impending departure.

In any case, it's her luggage that really draws the eye. Who travels like that anymore? Oh, well we do know one person: burlesque performer Dita Von Teese, who only recently wrapped up a tour to return to her home in LA, taking along a slew of Louis Vuitton luggage, all carefully personalized elaborate "DVT" initials. Naturally we'd love to know what the hatboxes hide—over $10k in cash, falsified passports or maybe actual medical records? Either way, the point is that this lady knew how freaking awesome she looked with that luggage, and the occasional modern woman goes down the same path.

Jaunted

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