Among the bags, a Celine mini-luggage model, a Marni tote and a Miu Miu with a braided top handle are carpeted in the curly stuff.
But, as she tearfully tugged her luggage toward the model mansion's door, Banks materialized behind her with words of unalloyed sympathy and encouragement.
The debate was embodied by one of the hottest fashion labels, Sana Safinaz, after it ran billboard advertisements in March that showed aging train porters — still known by the colonial term "coolie" — holding Louis Vuitton luggage for a lithe model in flowing dress.
For comparison, the standard V-Strom 650 — the model without the luggage cases or engine protection bars — starts at $8,229.
The presentation's elaborate set had models standing on a luggage carousel in front of stacks of beat-up "lost" luggage waiting to be claimed.
What would I tell the lost-luggage agent when she asks what model they were?
The luggage retailer eBags.com sells 112 models ranging from a $30 Netpack bag to a $595 Tumi case.
The Australian who'd lost his luggage had not lost the late-model drone, with a high-definition video camera, that he'd worked for nine months to get the permits to use on our trip.
The appearance-based model is not used in locating suspicious luggage items, and thus can deal with luggage of any color and shape and is not affected by different viewing angles.
Most big travel luggage manufacturers are rushing to get new models of checkpoint bags out.
Rolls-Royce relocated the two batteries underneath the trunk floor of its Phantom Drophead Coupe model, to make room for more luggage, at the request of Sir Michael Kadoorie, the chairman of Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels.
