LUX Travel: fashionista packing picks & tips

Oct 18, 2012
Marisa Machak

Packing for a trip is something that everyone dreads and is usually the last thing that travelers plan ahead for. Master the art of packing by using convenient and effective items that will help to travel in style. Here are some key picks and tips to help tourists pack fast, proficiently and of course, with fashion in mind!

Any traveler’s biggest packing priority is to find the perfect-sized suitcase that is small enough to lug around easily and big enough to stash all of your stylish possessions. The Heys Fazzino Manhattan Suitcase boasting a pop art skyline scene is a cute and conventional option for any fashionista with its standard sizing, spinner wheels, aluminum handles and combination lock. Use a comfy tote bag like the Longchamp Le Pilage Expandable Travel Bag for your carry on. The zip inset will create a bigger tote bag instantly should travelers need extra room in their bag to take on the plane. When travelers need some extra help to separate items within their suitcase, they can use various travel bags to make packing and unpacking easier. This set of five drawstring pouches helps to keep track of essentials like jewelry, medicines, electronic chargers, lingerie and hair accessories.

Make sure that makeup is packed safe and won’t roll around with the Kate Spade New York Sprinkles Natalie cosmetics case with removal zip case for brushes and lip glosses. Don’t forget a trusty wallet for safekeeping all money, credit cards, special papers and even a passport. This sophisticated python embossed passport wallet from Rebecca Minkoff is the perfect choice for every traveling fashionista to keep inside her Botkier Valentina Satchel. It is the perfect size travel purse with a reliable cross body strap to keep your essentials as close as possible.

These days, nearly everyone travels with a laptop or iPad, and there are many different gadgets to keep alongside these tech items when traveling. Travelers must keep their beloved tablet and laptop safe in a trendy yet functional case. The Marc by Marc Jacobs Pretty Nylon Computer Commuter Bag offers chic laptop protection at all times with pink and grey padded material and convenient carrying options with knotted handles and adjustable shoulder straps. In other countries, it might be difficult to find standard-sized outlets. The Diane von Furstenberg travel adapter will solve that problem by covering more than 150 countries and coming in a smart zip pouch wrapped in a trendy blue and white leopard pattern. Bring a MyCharge Portable Power Bank on the go to keep your iPad, iPhone, iPod and all other power-hungry devices charged and ready. During long hours on a plane, bus or train ride, travelers can listen to music fashionably when wearing the Kate Spade New York La Pavilion Ear Buds displaying playful polka dots.

And last but not least, travelers should never forget to bring those cute little travel sized products that save tons of space. The Philosophy Happy Travel Set features the beauty brand’s essential skin care, bath and fragrance products in mini size versions that should never be left at home while traveling.