Béis has unveiled its latest drop: its first soft-sided, collapsible luggage.
The company has chosen an innovative take on the traditional luggage, which allows the traveler to save space at home and stay organized without sacrificing the space while on-the-go.
The collection, available starting Feb. 1, will include a check-in roller and carry-on roller, priced at $298 and $198, respectively.
Shay Mitchell, the founder and chief brand officer of Béis, mentioned that though she’s always excited about the brand’s launches, this specific drop feels significant.
“I wanted to launch soft-sided luggage because I knew we could make it better,” the actress told WWD. “To date, there have not been a ton of differentiators between soft and hard luggage — it’s almost more of a style thing. We always strive to make our bags super chic but also want to pack a punch with function. There was a huge motivation to innovate in the collapsible space.”
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A closer look at the Béis Collapsible Luggage in the check-in and carry-on sizes. Courtesy of Béis
There was a point in time pre-pandemic where Mitchell traveled up to three times a month, which inspired her to create Béis, offering affordable pieces for frequent travelers.
Now more than three years since the launch of Béis, the brand only continues to grow, reportedly beating its own sales projections in 2020 to hit triple-digit growth, despite a lengthy time period in which people were not traveling far distances.
“It’s hard to believe so much time has passed. Everything always feels so fresh and new to me, but I guess that’s a good thing. We all love what we do and have a perennial joy when it comes to what we are creating together,” she said.
A closer look at the Béis Collapsible Luggage in the check-in size. Flannery Underwood/Courtesy of Béis
“I don’t know if there is a better feeling. One of my greatest joys is descending upon people I see out in public with our products — we call it Béis in the wild,” she continued. “It’s pretty surreal seeing someone carry something that started as an idea in my head out in the world.”
Looking to the future, Mitchell hopes Béis becomes the “go-to travel brand for everyone.”
Her successful entrepreneurial endeavors aside, Mitchell is best known for her roles as Emily Fields in “Pretty Little Liars” and Peach Salinger in “You.” She stars as Stella Cole in “Dollface,” with its second season premiering on Feb. 11.
Seven pieces of luggage stolen from the Salt Lake International Airport were recovered by police on Wednesday and one woman was arrested. (Salt Lake City Police)
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SALT LAKE CITY — A woman accused of stealing luggage at the Salt Lake International Airport has been arrested.
Leticia Marie Herrera, 40, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Wednesday for investigation of theft and four counts of unlawful use of a bank card.
On Jan. 3, Herrera and another woman arrived at the passenger pickup area of the airport in a van, according to a police booking affidavit.
"Both women entered the baggage claim area at the Salt Lake City International Airport and walked to the bathroom together then around to different baggage carousels," the affidavit states.
Herrera grabbed one piece of luggage off the carousel and the other woman grabbed two pieces of luggage, according to the affidavit. They both then walked back to the van at the curb and drove off.
The owner of two of the stolen bags "reported the total contents of her bags were valued at $6,000, including a wallet with multiple financial cards," according to the affidavit.
The two women allegedly left the airport and went to the Jordan Landing shopping complex in West Jordan where they purchased two computers at Best Buy using one of the stolen credit cards, the affidavit states. Purchases were also made at Famous Footwear and Bath and Body Works using the stolen card, the affidavit states.
On Wednesday, Herrera was arrested with assistance from West Jordan police and seven pieces of stolen luggage were recovered, according to a prepared statement from Salt Lake City police. Information about when all the bags were stolen was not immediately available. Police stated Thursday that detectives would be contacting the owners of the stolen luggage.
Investigators say they know the identity of the second woman, but as of Thursday had not located her.
As a safety reminder to future air travelers, police say passengers should keep high-value items with their carry-on luggage whenever possible, keep a record of what is packed and take photos if possible, and try to get to baggage claim as quickly as possible after landing. Anytime something is stolen, report it to police and the Transportation Security Administration.
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced four men to lengthy jail terms for trying to smuggle nearly 400 kilogrammes of cocaine in suitcases from the Russian Embassy in Argentina.
In a strange case dating back to 2018, Argentine authorities seized the cocaine, worth US$62 million (55 million euros), hidden in suitcases in the Russian Embassy school.
Moscow's Dorogomilovsky district court sentenced the alleged mastermind, Andrei Kovalchuk, to 18 years, his lawyer Sergei Yurosh told AFP, but said they planned to appeal.
A former employee of the Russian Embassy in Argentina, Ali Abyanov, was handed a 17-year jail term.
Two other men, who had reportedly tried to move the suitcases from a Foreign Ministry storage facility in Moscow, were sentenced to 16 and 13 years respectively.
The plot was foiled when investigators replaced the drugs with flour to monitor the gang in a joint Russian-Argentine operation.
Kovalchuk was arrested in Germany in 2018 after going on the run, and extradited to Russia the same year.
All four firmly proclaimed their innocence during the trial.
Two other Russian suspects, who also hold Argentinean nationality, are currently on trial in Argentina.
The story was broken by Argentina's Interior Ministry in February 2018. The also case sparked controversy in Russia at the time, when media in both nations questioned contradictory official accounts of events.
Patricia Bullrich, Argentina's then-security minister, said that the gang had sought to use the Russian diplomatic courier service to fly the cocaine to Europe.
But when Argentine police released images of a Russian aircraft used in the sting operation and bearing the number of security council chief Nikolai Patrushev's plane, the Kremlin denied any of its fleet had been involved.
Argentine investigators believe the cocaine – which they described as being very pure – likely originated in Colombia or Peru.
The drugs were destined for Russia and, it is believed, for Germany, where Kovalchuk lived.
Russian and Argentine police mounted the sting operation after the Russian ambassador informed authorities of the drugs find in 2016. Investigators went to a wholesale market in Buenos Aires that same night to buy the 400 kilogrammes of flour which replaced the cocaine.
In the following months, members of the network, some of whom worked at the Embassy, tried several times in vain to send the flour to Russia, all under the surveillance of Russian and Argentinean investigators.
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced four men to lengthy jail terms for trying to smuggle nearly 400 kilograms of cocaine in suitcases from the Russian Embassy in Argentina.
In a case dating back to 2018, Argentine authorities seized the cocaine, worth $62 million, hidden in suitcases in the Russian Embassy school.
Moscow's Dorogomilovsky district court sentenced the alleged mastermind, Andrei Kovalchuk, to 18 years, his lawyer Sergei Yurosh told AFP, but said they planned to appeal.
A former employee of the Russian Embassy in Argentina, Ali Abyanov, was handed a 17-year jail term.
Two other men, who had reportedly tried to move the suitcases from a foreign ministry storage facility in Moscow, were sentenced to 16 and 13 years respectively.
The plot was foiled when investigators replaced the drugs with flour to monitor the gang in a joint Russian-Argentine operation.
Kovalchuk was arrested in Germany in 2018 after going on the run and extradited to Russia the same year.
The case sparked controversy in Russia at the time when the media questioned contradictory official accounts of events.
Patricia Bullrich, Argentina's security minister, said that the gang had sought to use the Russian diplomatic courier service to fly the cocaine to Europe.
But when Argentine police released images of a Russian aircraft used in the sting operation and bearing the number of security council chief Nikolai Patrushev's plane, the Kremlin denied any of its fleet had been involved.
Argentine investigators believe the cocaine – which they described as being very pure – likely originated in Colombia or Peru.
The drugs were destined for Russia and, it is believed, for Germany, where Kovalchuk lived.
Russian and Argentine police mounted the sting operation after the Russian ambassador informed authorities of the drugs found in 2016.
In travel, one is a stranger to having a bad time. Photo: iStock
Several years ago, I began the unusual habit of high-fiving the man who would become my husband.
I don't typically high-five anyone, especially not romantic partners; I'm woefully uncoordinated. But there we were, slapping hands like the tween protagonists of a '90s commercial. It became our way of commemorating a special memory: the time our luggage was stolen in San Francisco.
We had planned a weekend getaway, which was going quite well for about 45 minutes. Then someone stole all of the bags out of our rental car, and we handled it like the fledgling adults we were: I cried, he panicked, and we immediately turned around and flew home. The gate agent commented on our ability to pack light. "It wasn't by choice," I replied.
"Maybe this will be funny one day," my then-fiance said. "Maybe it'll be a story we tell again and again."
"I doubt that," I told him, patting his cheek affectionately. But he was right. The story of our luggage kept coming up, the way stories about mishaps do. It was so relatable, our friends said, to leave for a place with good intentions and return home with regret. No one is a stranger to having a bad time. It became, if not something good, at least something that was ours.
"Remember," my fiance will eventually say to me, eyes twinkling, his face insufferably handsome and smug, "the time our luggage was stolen in San Francisco?" I refuse to say who held their hand up first, but there we were, high-fiving over the memory of our missing bags for the first time.
There's something to be said for sustaining travel disasters with people we love. It ties you together, this thing you survived. You laugh about it in hindsight, because what else is there to do? You tried crying. It did nothing besides dehydrate you.
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Relationships are forged in the dire moments, with the people who are by your side as you endure missed flights, food poisoning and hotel room carpeting that shows the telltale stains of raccoon afterbirth.
Fast-forward in time. My fiance is now my husband. We've written our shared history on countless trips, good and bad. I assume by now - after 20 years together and 13 years of marriage, much of it spent travelling - we would have figured out how to navigate the world without mishaps. I am woefully wrong.
We arrange to meet friends in Italy. We are all newly vaccinated. The border has just opened to Americans. An ocean and a pandemic have separated us for the last year and a half, and when I see them all again, we hug long enough to defy platonic expectations. We have countless wonderful meals that begin to blend together. We try to describe them to friends and family back home, but truthfully? No one wants to hear about an excellent meal you've eaten without them. Save it for your Instagram feed, where friends can politely "like" a photo and move on.
And then, we have one unforgettable meal. Indelible in my mind because it is so bizarre I worry that the fabric of the universe will start to unravel. It manages to offend all the senses. The meal is the culinary equivalent of a Hieronymus Bosch painting - so confusing and terrifying that I think we might be in purgatory.
As we leave the meal, something strange overtakes us: We are howling with laughter at all of it. Perhaps it is the joy of knowing we now have this story between us, a tie to one another, to the Earth, to anyone who asks about that night. Perhaps we are just giddy from low blood sugar.
"This is a night I will never forget and never want to repeat," my friend Ellie says as we walk through ancient streets, and I slip my arm through hers. "What a rare thing."
These disasters are gifts born of privilege: to be fortunate enough to travel in the first place, to move between borders or across a country with ease. To surround yourself with loved ones from far-off places. The luxury of complaining about things that go wrong when you're supposed to be having a great time. We savour moments that fit in the narrow overlap of the Venn diagram between "will make a great story" and "does not require additional therapy."
Here is another trip gone wrong, here is the claim ticket for a piece of luggage you'll never see again. These are your disasters, these are your stories. Piece them together, and look at the life you've had. At the people by your side when everything fell apart. Remember the time your luggage was stolen in San Francisco? Remember the way he told you it would all be okay?
Yes, yes, of course. Now hold up your hand. High-five.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Transportation Security Administration saw a large increase in firearms discovered in carry-on luggage in the state of Missouri during 2021.
The number of firearms discovered was down significantly in 2020, likely because the pandemic caused declines in air travel, but in 2021 the numbers are still far above those from 2019.
Much of the increase was due to firearms discovered at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport, but Kansas City International Airport also nearly tied its 2019 numbers.
In 2019, 67 firearms were discovered in carry-on luggage in MCI, while in 2020 only 30 were discovered. In 2021, 65 were found.
Rapper Vic Mensah was arrested at Dulles Airport on Saturday after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found illegal narcotics in his baggage.
According to the report, Victor Kwesi Mensah, 28, arrived on board a flight from Ghana at about 7 a.m. on Jan. 15. During a secondary baggage examination, CBP officers discovered about41 grams of liquid LSD, about 124 grams of Psilocybin capsules, 178 grams of Psilocybin gummies, and six grams of Psilocybin mushrooms concealed inside Mensah’s luggage.
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Police officers responded and charged Mensah with felony narcotics possession charges and took him into custody.
Although some states have decriminalized certain personal quantities of illicit narcotics, CBP advises travelers to be aware that narcotics possession remains illegal under federal law. Additionally, travelers should know that they are subject to CBP federal inspection upon departing and arriving to the United States.
“Travelers can save themselves time and potential criminal charges during their international arrivals inspection if they took a few minutes to ensure that their luggage is drug free,”stated Daniel Escobedo, area port director for CBP’s Area Port of Washington, DC, in the announcement of the arrest. “Narcotics interdiction remains a Customs and Border Protection enforcement priority and we remain committed toworking closely with our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to ensure that those who transport illegal narcotics into the United States are investigated and prosecuted.”
Mensah was held without bond. He is scheduled to appear for arraignment in Loudoun County District Court on Tuesday morning.
A display of the drugs found in the luggage of rapper Vic Mensah while clearing customs at Dulles Airport on Jan. 15. [CBP photo]
DULLES, VA — Rapper Vic Mensah was taken into custody Saturday morning after customs officials at an airport in Virginia discovered a cache of illicit narcotics hidden in baggage, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection news release.
Victor Kwesi Mensah, 28, had just arrived from a flight from Ghana around 7 a.m., when customs officers found 41 grams of liquid lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), about 124 grams of psilocybin capsules, 178 grams of psilocybin gummies, and six grams of psilocybin mushrooms during a secondary search of his luggage.
The officers notified Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Police, who then took Mensah custody, charging him with felony narcotics possession.
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"Travelers can save themselves time and potential criminal charges during their international arrivals inspection if they took a few minutes to ensure that their luggage is drug free," said Daniel Escobedo, area port director for CBP's Area Port of Washington, D.C., in a release. "Narcotics interdiction remains a Customs and Border Protection enforcement priority and we remain committed to working closely with our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to ensure that those who transport illegal narcotics into the United States are investigated and prosecuted."
Rapper Vic Mensah was arrested by Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Police officers at Washington Dulles International Airport on Saturday and charged with felony narcotics possession. (CBP)
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Hey there, friends! What a long week it has been; Tsunami warnings, tennis star deportation, it’s all happening. Let’s take a break from the crazy outside world and enter the warm and comforting Disney bubble for some virtual shopping to kick off your week.
We’ve established that I might not be the die-hard Star Wars fan that one might hope, but there is something about this R2-D2 MagicBand 2 – Star Wars, $26.99, that I find so appealing. The Droid You’ve Been Looking For. Perfect.
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Cute rain boots for kids are usually low quality with little to no grip underneath, so I loved these Native Rain Boots for kids that might be a little more expensive but look much more stable and safe than most of the others I have come across. The four designs are all $64.99.
We’ve got four new Tie-Dye Spirit Jerseys to show you, one of which emerged last week, but, okay, fine, it was passed over and didn’t make the list. But this week, with a few of its friends in tow, I decided to give it a second look. See? I’m not that mean!
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Your shoulders may not need to withstand a collision with a 200-pound hockey player. But they do need to be stable enough to hold up against daily wear and tear like lifting a grandchild or placing your carry-on luggage into the airplane overhead bin.
In hockey, having strong, healthy shoulders is key to avoiding injuries, says Sean Skahan, strength and conditioning coach for the Minnesota Wild NHL team.
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Your shoulders may not need to withstand a collision with a 200-pound hockey player. But they do need to be stable enough to hold up against daily wear and tear like lifting a grandchild or placing your carry-on luggage into the airplane overhead bin.
In hockey, having strong, healthy shoulders is key to avoiding injuries, says Sean Skahan, strength and conditioning coach for the Minnesota Wild NHL team.
“Our sport involves a lot of physical contact,” he says. “We focus on strengthening the muscles around the shoulders to help players avoid common injuries like shoulder separations, dislocations and rotator cuff strains.”
Shoulder health is just as important if you spend more time at a desk than on the ice. Building shoulder strength can help undo the rounded forward posture that comes from sitting in front of a computer all day. And having good shoulder mobility will make everyday tasks, like reaching up to grip the subway train handle for balance, easier.
The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint that is mobile, but also unstable. The muscles of the rotator cuff move and stabilize the shoulder. The muscles that support the shoulders, including the rhomboids, trapezius, and deltoids, are a lot smaller than the quads and hamstrings, the big muscles that stabilize the knee joint.
To avoid overstraining these muscles, focus on form and start with body weight or very light weight, says Mr. Skahan. These six exercises can be performed as a shoulder workout, or you can integrate the stretches into your daily routine.
The Workout
Foam Roll T-Spine
Why: When our thoracic spine, the 12 vertebrae between the neck and low back, is tight or stiff, it can inhibit shoulder mobility. This affects everything from our posture to our ability to move our arms above our head.
How: Lie on the floor face up with a foam roller placed horizontally under your middle back. Your knees will be bent, feet flat on the floor and hands can be crossed at the chest or clasped at the lower neck to support your head. Lift your hips to move the roller up the back. Stop just below the neck. Roll back down the spine. Repeat 10 times.
A foam roller can help loosen up the thoracic spine.
Doorway Chest Stretch
Why: Sitting hunched over a computer for hours a day can cause shortened and tight pectoral muscles that can pull the shoulders down and forward, says Mr. Skahan. This simple stretch helps open up the chest.
How: Stand in an open doorway. Raise each arm up to the side, elbows bent at 90 degrees. Rest your palms on the door frame. Step one foot forward until you feel a stretch in your chest and shoulders. Don’t lean forward. Keep a tall spine. Hold for 30 seconds. Repeat three times or perform throughout the day to break up long stretches at your desk.
Cable Machine External Rotation
Why: This exercise focuses on strengthening the rotator cuff muscles that externally rotate the shoulder.
How: Stand with your left side facing a cable machine. The cable height should be adjusted to match your elbow height and the weight should be light to start. Grip the handle with your right hand and bend your right elbow 90 degrees so your right forearm is parallel to the ground. Keep your elbow close to your hip and rotate your right arm away from your body, just beyond 90 degrees. Pause and return to start. Perform three sets of 10 to 20 reps per side.
Option: You can perform this exercise using a resistance band anchored to a doorknob in a closed doorway.
The external rotation exercise focuses on strengthening the rotator cuff muscles.
Chin-Ups
Why: Chin-ups work the biceps and lats and help improve grip strength. Because the exercise requires a decent amount of baseline strength to perform, it’s a good measure to track the increase in your upper body strength.
How: Grip a pull-up bar underhand, palms facing you, hands shoulder-width apart. You can also use the rungs of monkey bars at a playground. Slowly pull your chin up above the bar. Lower down slowly with control. Complete as many as you can without losing form.
Options: If you can’t do a chin-up, start by focusing on the eccentric, or lowering, portion of the exercise. “The stronger you get at lowering, the stronger you will get at pulling your chin over the bar,” says Mr. Skahan. Start with your chin over the bar, then lower down as slowly as possible until your arms are straight. Drop down to the floor and repeat. If you’ve already mastered the chin-up and want an added challenge, perform the exercise while wearing a weighted belt.
YTWL Series
Why: This series of exercises isolates the muscles of the upper back and the rotator cuff, Mr. Skahan says. They help with shoulder strength and mobility, as well as help improve posture. Repeat three sets of 10 reps of each exercise or perform one set throughout the day.
How: Lie facedown on a weight bench with your arms dangling beneath your shoulders, chin resting on the bench. Your arms will move to resemble the shape of each letter. Engage your core and pinch your shoulder blades together as you perform the movements.
Y: Lift straight arms upward and outward to 45 degrees, palms facing each other. Pause at the top, slowly lower down.
T: Lift your arms straight out to the sides, thumbs facing up, until they are parallel with the floor. Pause at the top, slowly lower down.
W: Bend your elbows so your palms touch under the bench. Raise the elbows up to a 90-degree angle, palms facing down at the top of the movement.
L: Bend your elbows to 90 degrees so they are in line with your shoulders, palms facing toward your feet. Lift the hands up toward head-height, so each arm will resemble a letter “L” at the top of the movement. Slowly lower down.
Options: If this feels easy, hold a light weight of no more than 5 pounds in each hand. To challenge your core, you can perform these drills while lying facedown over a stability ball.
The YTWL series isolates the muscles of the upper back and the rotator cuff.
Farmer’s Carry
Why: This loaded carry improves upper back, grip and single-leg strength while also working hip and core stability. The muscles used to grip the weights activate the rotator cuff muscles and, as a result, help stabilize and strengthen the shoulder joint, says Mr. Skahan.
How: Grip a kettlebell, dumbbell, water jug or even a small packed suitcase with a handle in the right hand. If you are slumping to the right side even before you start walking, use a lighter weight. Walk 20 yards at a slow pace then switch the weight to your left hand and walk back to start. While walking, keep your shoulders pulled back and core tight. Think about maintaining a tight grip on the weights throughout the drill. Repeat three sets.
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A traveler has revealed a trick to avoid paying for extra hand luggage when she catches a flight.
And all she needed was a popular item that a lot of people already have – a travel pillow.
The woman, who uses the handle @anayotothe, shared a video on Tiktok showing her pulling the stuffing out of a travel pillow to make storage space for her clothes.
She said: “Trying the Spirit and Frontier pillow hack cuz I ain’t tryna pay $60 for a carry on.
“A few weeks ago I saw a travel hack on Tiktok for the budget airlines that don’t let you carry on a bag. Instead, you can use a travel pillow as additional storage.
“So I got this pillow from Walgreens for $9 and holla there’s a zipper.”
She then unzipped the travel pillow and pulled out the stuffing.
She continued: “Look at all this random filling! Make sure to get a pillow with a zipper for easy stuffing.”
Next, she panned the camera round to show the clothes that she couldn’t fit into her rucksack, which included tops and dresses.
Instead of spending $60 for carry-on luggage this passenger only spent $9.anayotothe/Tiktok
She then stuffed the clothes into the travel pillow – which all fit except for one shirt – and put the travel pillow on top of her rucksack.
She said: “Here’s my luggage. Let’s see if I make it on without paying.”
The woman followed up with a second video where she revealed that the hack worked and she managed to make her flights to and from Las Vegas without being charged extra for the clothes in her travel pillow
The TikTok user let her viewers know the best type of pillow to purchase for the hack.anayotothe/TiktokShe advises your pillow needs to have an easy zipper so you can pull out the stuffing.anayotothe/Tiktok
The two videos have been watched more than 900,000 times, and commenters were grateful for the hack.
One person wrote: “Yes I will try this. I’m not paying more for luggage than the flight cost.”
Another commented: “Girl [you] must’ve known I just booked a Frontier flight and swiftly denied bags. Def gonna try this.”
Flight attendants also got involved, praising her for the tip and confirming others doing the same wouldn’t be charged.
She pulled out the pillow stuffing out, ready to stuff her clothes inside.anayotothe/TiktokThe viral video has more people wanting to save money with this pillow hack.anayotothe/Tiktok
One commented: “As a Spirit flight attendant, this is brilliant! I saw good for you.”
A second wrote: “I work at Spirit and I do charge people, but if she has that then I promise no one would say anything.”
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It didn’t take long for Netflix to renew Emily in Paris. This week, the Emmy-nominated show got picked up for a third and fourth season — not even a month after Season 2 premiered on the streaming platform.
The Netflix series, which follows Lily Collins’ character as she moves to Paris to work at marketing firm Savoir, dives right back into Emily’s love life and her time at the office. The show’s newest episodes spotlight plenty of fictional products, too, including a Peloton-like exercise bike called Pelotech. But in the premiere, real-life luxury luggage company Rimowa gets a good amount of screen time, starting with a pitch meeting. But there’s a twist.
“Maybe we can do a collab with Pierre … something really tacky?” Emily suggests, referring to the fictional designer Pierre Cadault. Soon, Emily receives the luggage with Pierre’s face stretched across the suitcase, and she even takes it on a trip later in the episode.
“We’re lucky to have an incredible community of travelers who love Rimowa, including Emily in Paris creator, Darren Star,” Emelie De Vitis, Rimowa’s chief marketing officer, tells Rolling Stone, about the fortuitous product placement on the show.
“When the Emily in Paris team reached out with the suggestion that Rimowa organically integrate into the new season as part of a collaboration storyline, we decided to allow them total creative freedom with our brand and products,” De Vitis says. “We loved seeing how they reimagined Rimowa in such a unique and quirky way.”
De Vitis says site traffic “immediately skyrocketed” after the new season — and Rimowa shoutout — aired after the holidays. And though fans of the show can’t actually buy the Emily in Paris luggage collab, you can get the brand’s Original Trunk XL rolling suitcase, which is the most similar to the Emily design.
If you’re not looking for a piece of luggage that size, there are plenty of other Rimowa carry-ons available on sites like Nordstrom and elsewhere online.
Other luggage companies, from Victorinox to Monos, also offer a wide range of checked bags and carry-ons for a variety of budgets. For a similar style, Away also sells its hard-shelled Aluminum Edition carry-on in silver. And we also like traveling with Arlo Skye’s hard-sided luggage, like the Frame carry-on. That said, none of them are quite as noticeable as the Emily in Paris bags in Season 2.
All 10 episodes of Emily in Paris Season 2 are streaming now on Netflix. And those who haven’t seen the show or who don’t have a Netflix account can now purchase the first season on Amazon Prime Video, or buy individual episodes starting at $2.99.
Emily in Paris Season 2 doesn’t appear to have landed on Prime Video yet. As for when you can expect new episodes of the show, that’s still up in the air as Netflix has yet to announce the premiere dates for Season 3 and 4.
Well, this is a first. Normally, three-row vehicles are so enormous that doing a luggage test with the third row lowered is a total "no kidding" proposition. I'd run out of stuff in my garage long before I'd fill up a Kia Telluride. As such, I only test the space behind the raised third row of three-row SUVs because that can actually be some useful information.
The 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander is not a typical three-row SUV, however. It's one of only two SUVs in the compact segment, along with the Volkswagen Tiguan, that offers a third-row seat. As I've already demonstrated, it's not much a seat, but its presence and the need to accommodate it does mean the Outlander has one of the largest cargo volumes in the compact segment.
Here's what you get with third row raised. On paper, Mitsubishi says this is 11.7 cubic-feet, which is indeed the smallest three-row number I've come across while luggage testing. Congratulations Cadillac XT6, you're no longer last!
Wait, hold that thought ...
Thanks to those comically tall head restraints and the Outlander's D pillar shape, I could actually safely place the fancy bag on top without it flying forward or excessively blocking rearward visibility (the two reasons I don't load to the roof in these tests). You can see that visibility below right.
Below left you can see the 12.6-cubic-foot Cadillac XT6, which could not fit the fancy bag as such (though, obviously, you could fit something). So, sorry XT6, you're in last again. Mwa mwa.
Ah, but what about under-floor space. There's indeed some available.
It houses the cargo cover encased in a foam mold that also houses those comically tall headrests when not in use. Remove it all, and there is a decent amount of extra space unearthed, which could theoretically free up some extra space if you left the rigid floor open. That's not the same as vehicles like the Honda Pilot and Kia Telluride, though, which more obviously intend you to use the under-floor space in such a manner.
Test 2!
With the third-row lowered and the second-row reclined to a natural position, this is the space available. The specs say it's 33.5 cubic-feet, which falls short of the class-leading Honda CR-V (39.2), Toyota RAV4 (37.5) and Hyundai Tucson (38.7).
The difference almost certainly comes down to the presence of the third row. Note how much vertical space there is behind the wheel wells — the floor depth would likely be closer to those outer areas if this was only a two-row model. Cargo capacity would also, therefore, be closer to its similarly sized competitors. Of course, these are just numbers we're talking about.
As in every luggage test I do, I use two midsize roller suitcases that would need to be checked in at the airport (26 inches long, 16 wide, 11 deep), two roll-aboard suitcases that just barely fit in the overhead (24L x 15W x 10D), and one smaller roll-aboard that fits easily (23L x 15W x 10D). I also include my wife's fancy overnight bag just to spruce things up a bit (21L x 12W x 12D).
All the bags fit (no surprise there), and there's indeed less space remaining than in the CR-V, Tucson (below) or RAV4 (no idea where that photo went).
Alright, now let's go to the bonus collection of stuff filling my garage to see what might be able to fill that space.
That would be the 38-quart cooler and a small duffle bag. Those are exactly the same items as the CR-V and RAV4, albeit with just a little less space leftover. We're talking extra pairs of shoes or something.
So, the Outlander clearly gives up something for its added third row, on paper and in practice. However, the real-world difference is negligible, and although the third row's usability is also quite negligible, it does give the Outlander something its primary competitors do not offer. When you're Mitsubishi and want to get attention in an extremely crowded and competitive segment, such a rare feature can definitely help. That the 2022 Outlander is so much more competitive in general sure helps, too.
