“Trains and boats and planes are passing by
They mean a trip to Paris or Rome
For someone else but not for me …”
HAL David’s sighing lyric, attached to Burt Bacharach’s lugubrious tune and Dionne Warwick’s gloriously dolorous voice are a vision of the good life deferred; a heartbroken ode to transportation’s ability to take the loved one away and maybe some day bring them back.
It doesn’t mention anything about the luggage used, but let’s assume it’s Louis Vuitton. Because, in our imagination that’s what we’d want, right?
No other luggage has quite the same cachet as Louis Vuitton. And no other brand is so associated with global travel, a fact we are reminded of in Francisca Matteoli’s new book Louis Vuitton: Extraordinary Voyages.
This image taken from the Louis Vuitton archives shows an elegant woman toting a Monogram canvas Vanity case while travelling with her Alzer and Cotteville suitcases and a Marin bag. It’s a dream of travel that possibly doesn’t involve ScotRail catering.
Louis Vuitton: Extraordinary Voyages by Francisca Matteoli (Abrams Books, £55). Image © Archives Louis Vuitton Malletier, Paris
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