Louis Vuitton/100 Legendary Trunks

We have 5 inches of fresh snow and no matter how hard I click my heels, I won't be getting out of here today. But I thought we could use a bit of time-travel back to the days of traveling in style and back to auction house l'Hotel Drouot.
One of their exhibition rooms was filled with travel memorabilia from the 20's...
Including your own tea set for afternoons in the Sahara...
Unless you insist on a slug of whiskey from your silver travel flask...
Pith helmet? Travel blanket? Camp bed? Souvenirs anyone?
Or course no decent traveler went without his or her sketchbook to make quick doodles in the land of many contrasts...ahem
If you missed Hotel Drouots travel exhibition you can catch another at musee Carnavalet
23, rue de Sevigne 75003
Metro:St Paul
Louis Vuitton/ 100 Legendary Trunks exhibit is on until February 27th. '100 Legendary Trunks' is filled with over 800 photos which highlight some of LV's most exceptional travel gear - a perfect traveler's souvenir.

Naturally I felt duty-bound to steal a few shots for you...

My rolling travel bag is mere a thimble next to these monstres...

But then I don't require dozens of shoes on an Atlantic crossing...

Nor would my toiletries amount to a hill of beans...

Ah for the days when you could travel with liquids, especially Chanel-made liquids etc...

I leave my tea set safely at home too.

Dommage...

What an elegant camp bed! Louis Vuitton made luggage for only la creme de la creme - les tres riche et toute les stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Jeanne Lanvin, Ernest Hemingway, Leopold Stokowski And they still do: for Madonna, Catherine Deneuve, Karl Lagerfeld and this special butterfly trunk for Brit artist Damien Hirst.

BEAR is waiting for his custom model to arrive...

It may take a few years but be patient BEAR!

BONJOUR TRAVELING IN STYLE!