If a Transformers toy existed for grown ladies, it will be Parallelle’s Traveller sequence of toiletry luggage.
Ribbed on the surface like Optimus Prime’s boots, the Traveller seems to be like a typical (albeit fashionable) make-up bag on the surface, however peer inside and also you’ll see a warren of different-sized pockets and loops and adjustable dividers. Unzip the bag all the best way round, fold the edges down, and voila—there are all of your journey toiletries, standing upright and totally so as, in a make-up organizer similar to you’d have at house. Whenever you’re carried out, flip the edges up, pull the zippers again to the highest, and it is again to being a journey bag, sturdy and safe sufficient to toss in a suitcase sideways and even the wrong way up.
Maintain It Contained
The Traveller is the brainchild of Annie Fan, a profession designer of private-label luggage for different manufacturers. She favored to take a SoulCycle spin class earlier than work, however discovered herself both forgetting her make-up and toiletries, being unable to seek out them in her bag, or having to put out all her gadgets on the communal counter. In 2022, she got down to design her personal bag: the final word journey cosmetics bag.
“Once I began designing the Traveller, construction was key,” Fan says. “It wanted to perform like a transportable self-importance—conserving the whole lot seen, safe, and precisely the place you want it, with out the necessity to unpack.”
As for the design process, it was a matter of fixed fine-tuning. She finally went via 60 prototypes to make sure she bought the design exactly the best way she wished it. “Each element needed to be rigorously thought of, from the flexibleness of the format to how the whole lot stays organized and accessible,” Fan says.
In the present day, there at the moment are 4 sizes of Traveller, all with the identical sturdy, vegan leather-based and water resistant cotton exterior. There’s the Small, with 9 pockets, two divided compartments, two mesh pouches, and 5 loops for brushes or different gadgets; Medium, with 16 pockets, three divided compartments, and 4 mesh pouches; and Giant, with 20 pockets, three divided compartments, and 6 new pouches. There’s additionally a brand new “Brush” model, which stands 9.6 inches tall and has 13 wall pockets for brushes and different toiletries, a zippered pouch, and a spacious “flooring” for full-size merchandise.
{Photograph}: Kat Merck
Street Examined
I examined the Medium and Brush Travellers on a latest five-day household journey to each a resort and Airbnb in Louisiana, and I can affirm each function a veritable clown automotive of skin-care merchandise and make-up. As soon as I arrived at my vacation spot, I positioned a Traveller on the lavatory counter, unzipped and peeled the edges down like a banana, and there have been all my merchandise—totally seen, no worse for put on from being tossed round in my suitcase, and straightforward to seize and exchange. Though I’ve examined extra than 20 toiletry luggage up to now yr, I used to be nonetheless impressed.
{Photograph}: Kat Merck