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the Code: Pack Smarter
BEANIE
Beanie ($200) by Begg & MAN
Co.; pillow ($350) and
throw blanket ($1,500) by
Frette; sweater The HAT you should
($535) by Drake’s; pack year-round
headphones
($399) by Bose.
I always travel
with a beanie, even
when I’m off to some-
place balmy. Why? It’s
a lightweight solution
for instant warmth on
unpredictably cool
nights, and it’s an easy
way to get cozy on a
freezing plane. A bit of
hygge in economy class.
And if the flight atten-
dants aren’t handing
out eye masks—i.e.,
you’re not in biz
class—you can just pull
it over your eyes
and catch a nap. The
key is to wear a
not-too-thick cashmere
number that’s ultra-
soft and has a balance
of warmth and
breathability. Bonus:
It hides bad
hair days. —K. S.
THE CUBIST
MOVEMENT
• • • I used to be
packing-cube averse.
Kondo-ing but with no
at a time in the run-up to a
trip makes packing less
STAY WIRED LIKE TETRIS FOR SOCKS AMENITIES, ALWAYS
daunting, as does having
things prepacked for Don’t scramble to gather all your No more overpacking: If it fits in the Forget packing your medicine cabinet
a quick grab-and-go chargers before a trip. Have a second cubes, it’ll fit in the luggage. These make for each journey. Doubling up on your
set and stow them in their own case. It’ll unpacking at the hotel super quick and products and making a home for them is
situation. It brings order to
save you from unpacking your carry-on keep family vacations organized—every- the only sane way to maintain
the chaos that is travel. So just to find that iPhone cord, too. one gets their own set of cubes. your grooming routine on the road.
maybe they do have divine Electronics organizer ($45) by Away. Packing cubes ($45 for set of four) by Away. Dopp kit ($1,050) by Asprey.
benefits. Namaste. —N.S.
32 November 2019_Esquire photographs: Jeffrey Westbrook
