A fine piece of luggage is like a great friend. You can travel anywhere with it and it won’t let you down, you’ll be proud to introduce it to new acquaintances and it will survive the myriad indiscretions that only air and rail travel can provide . One company whose products meet all of the above criteria are Swaine Adeney Brigg – the Aston Martin of superior leather goods - who created the famous Gladstone bag and James Bond’s briefcase.
Simply, a great British institution they began by making whips in 1750 and still handcraft their alarmingly stylish, but exceedingly British, range of leather goods cut from the hides of selected beasts and put together by those who know using the same methods that exemplified the company all those years ago. Accordingly, they never stray from the classic simple no nonsense design brief. Of late, they’ve welcomed that finest of inventions, the wheeled suitcase, but married such modern innovation with beautiful Edwardian style and come up with the alarmingly superior, Chesterford. But the one item that fills a soul with dark green desire is the classic Cambridge 24” leather hold all that, individually made by a single craftsman, comes in iconic London tan, Havana, Chestnut or black
and has remained the same for over 100 years.
A piece of kit that will last longer then you, it supersedes the frivolity of fashion and usurps the notion of trend. It is
something that gently raises the eyebrows from those who really know and does its job better than anything one might finding anywhere else in the whole world.
In truth, there are certain commodities that make a person feel proud to be British. Anything produced by Swaine Adeney Brigg will do just that.
By Style Editor Chris Sullivan
Swaine Adeney Brigg