Page 23 - Esquire (November 2019)

the Code Because Style Is Always Personal

ROLLING THUNDER

FPM’s aluminum roller is tough

as nails—and feels downright luxurious

Modern travel is an
incredible privilege.
It’s also an incredible
pain in the ass. Most of
the elements that make it
so painful—big lines,
small seats, interminable
delays—you can’t do
a damn thing about. But
there are a couple
crucial elements you can
control, namely how you
look and feel. Over the
next ten pages, we’ll
show you how to be
the best-dressed guy
stranded on the tarmac,
with a bag full of cleverly
packed essentials
that’ll make the whole
trip that much easier.
About that bag: It’s the
foundation of your whole
travel vibe. It should
work well, but it should al-
so look great. And a little
luxury goes a long way,
too. FPM is a 73-year-old
premium luggage brand
that fuses two of Italy’s
greatest strengths—
modern industrial design
and artisanal chutzpah.
Its heart and soul is
its Bank collection, made
from corrugated alumi-
num held together with
hundreds of steel rivets.
The robust design looks
impregnable (hence
the name), but there’s se-
rious luxury in the pains-
taking assembly, most
of it by hand and finished
with touches, like the
handles, that nod to
FPM’s leather-making

roots. —Nick Sullivan

Bank suitcase ($1,650) by FPM.

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