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The Top Luxury Luggage Brands for Discerning Travelers 

Whether you’re after a suitcase that can survive a multicity itinerary or one that turns heads at the airport, our guide to luxury luggage brands will help you find the perfect piece for you. 

By 

Meyme Nakash

 |  August 14, 2025

The luggage you travel with can easily make or break a trip. If you choose inexpensive, poorly constructed luggage, you’ll likely encounter issues, such as broken zippers, wheels that drag instead of swivel, torn seams, cracked shells, and handles that get stuck — which can all cause frustration and physical strain. 

Perhaps the biggest roadblock to purchasing high-quality luggage is its cost, but many people fail to realize that the price of premium baggage is justified by its long-term benefits. Unlike its more affordable counterparts, luxury luggage can withstand years of rough handling, from overflowing cargo holds to rainy tarmacs. This is because the designs utilize durable materials, such as polycarbonate, aluminum, and ballistic nylon. Premium luggage also enhances your mobility while in transit, thanks to its precision-engineered wheels, telescopic handles, and balanced silhouettes that allow you to glide effortlessly through airports. Often, it also incorporates TSA locks, reinforced zippers, and tamper-resistant construction, ensuring your belongings are secure and giving you peace of mind throughout your journey. 

Here, we round up the top luxury luggage brands and highlight their standout pieces. 

In This Article

• The Best Luxury Luggage Brands
• The Best Designer Luggage Brands

Luxury Luggage vs. Designer Luggage

To better inform your search, we divided our selection into two categories: luxury luggage brands and designer luggage brands. The former, which includes reputable labels, such as Rimowa, Tumi, and FPM Milano, zeroes in on innovative materials and construction. These brands invest years in researching and testing their products to ensure high-performance bags that facilitate seamless travel. The latter is from fashion powerhouses, including Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and Prada, and focuses on combining function with flair. This category often features a brand’s signature logos, patterns, and overall design aesthetic. No matter your preference, you’ll find the top brands for each below. 

The Best Luxury Luggage Brands

Luxury luggage brands devote time and attention to every detail, redefining modern travel with pieces that combine form, function, and timeless elegance. 

Globe-Trotter 

Established in 1897 by British entrepreneur David Nelken, Globe-Trotter specializes in hard-shell suitcases and trunks featuring its patented, signature vulcanised fiberboard. This material, a combination of layered paper, cotton, and wood pulp, is both lightweight and robust, making it an ideal choice for modern-day travelers. In 1912, the brand famously tested its cabin trunk by balancing a one-ton elephant atop it to showcase the strength of its products — surely a testament to Globe-Trotter’s confidence in the composition and craftsmanship of its luggage. 

Today, the label continues to utilize the trademark material, along with handcrafted leather straps and corners, metal accents, and water-resistant linings to yield durable, sleek pieces that stand the test of time. Each suitcase comes with carbon-steel locks that are easy to use and provide adequate security for your belongings. All pieces feature a clean and sophisticated design, and are available in two- and four-wheel versions. If you’re looking for a refined weekend bag or suitcase that complies with airline cabin dimensions, the two-wheel carry-on (also available with four wheels) offers ease of mobility with 360-degree rotation. Globe-Trotter offers a five-year warranty on all its luggage, which covers only defects in materials and craftsmanship.

Rimowa

German entrepreneur Paul Morszeck founded Rimowa in 1898 as a saddlery workshop. By 1900, the company had expanded into luxury luggage, designing custom travel trunks initially made from leather-coated plywood and cardboard. After a century of experimenting with different materials, Rimowa pioneered the use of polycarbonate — a strong, transparent thermoplastic with high-impact resistance and the ability to withstand extreme temperatures — in luggage construction, simultaneously reducing the weight and increasing the durability of its pieces. 

Besides its specialty in polycarbonate designs, Rimowa is famous for its signature aluminum-magnesium alloy cases, featuring iconic grooves that not only enhance its visual appeal but also its structural integrity. Other key attributes of its luggage include flex-divider interiors, silent 360-rotation spinner wheels, TSA-approved locks, and electronic tags that allow travelers to skip traditional paper tags and check in their luggage from an app on their smartphone. 

Rimowa offers the option to personalize your luggage’s body color, wheels, handles, and tags with bespoke finishes, allowing you to create a piece that’s uniquely tailored to your design preferences. It also provides a lifetime warranty that even covers airline damage, repairing or replacing your luggage as it sees fit. 

Tumi

Upon his return from the Peace Corps in Peru, American entrepreneur Charlie Clifford launched his luggage brand Tumi in 1975. He named the company after the Peruvian tumi knife to evoke the functional elegance and enduring utility of the ceremonial blade, qualities he aimed to bring into the design of travel goods. Tumi first gained global recognition in 1983 with the introduction of luggage made from ballistic nylon — now a hallmark fabric for the brand — a strong material originally developed for World War II armor. 

The Alpha 3 collection is Tumi’s flagship series for business travelers, comprising expandable, soft-sided suitcases made from FXT ballistic nylon, featuring leather trims, an integrated garment hanger, and a lever-lock expansion system that offers an extra two inches of packing space. Each bag features a discreet metal plate called the Tumi Tracer, which contains a unique 20-digit code that can be enrolled in the brand’s Tracer program to locate your luggage in the event of misplacement. Beyond soft and structured suitcases, Tumi’s portfolio includes high-performance and stylish backpacks, garment bags, and other premium travel accessories. The brand offers full coverage on travel items within the first year of purchase, including damage caused in transit, and limited coverage that applies only to manufacturing defects afterwards.

T. Anthony

In 1946, Theodore Anthony founded his namesake luxury luggage brand. After several years in the business, he began crafting cosmetic cases for an elite clientele, including Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Arden, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, which established the label as a leader in luxury travel goods. Soon after, T. Anthony expanded into full-size travel trunks, known for their elegant finishes that catered to discerning travelers worldwide. 

The brand offers a versatile travel goods line, featuring premium materials, such as polycarbonate along with canvas and leather, in various sizes. However, the hard-sided packing case is T. Anthony’s heritage design, which remains a mainstay for the brand, evoking the golden era of travel (1950-1970s) when trunks were viewed as status symbols. This trunk is constructed on a hardwood frame and covered in three-ply canvas, featuring full-grain leather trim and solid brass hardware, resulting in a durable and unmistakably sophisticated piece. Its traditional aesthetic has become synonymous with the label, making its luggage instantly recognizable and especially ideal for travelers who want to lean into quiet luxury, rather than flashy branding.

In addition to travel goods, T. Anthony offers home and lifestyle goods that channel the understated minimalism and refined composition of its luggage lines. The brand offers a lifetime warranty on all its luggage, which specifically covers zipper- and wheel-related issues.

Read More: 21 Quiet Luxury Handbags Shaping the Minimalist Movement

FPM Milano 

Italian entrepreneur Enrico Fremder founded FPM Milano in 1946, driven by his passion for Italian artisanal craftsmanship, with the goal of creating a global impact through luxury travel goods that harnessed the made-in-Italy tradition. While the brand garnered a cult following over the years, it gained widespread attention when Fremder’s son, Beppi, spearheaded its collaboration with industrial designer Marc Sadler for the Bank Collection — an iconic line of hard-shell and hybrid luggage crafted from layered aluminum. This collection features butterfly locks — a vintage-inspired lock mechanism — leather-trimmed handles, and Japanese Hinomoto wheels, which are engineered to maximize mobility while ensuring whisper-quiet movement. 

Another popular line that builds on the legacy of the Bank Collection is the Bank Light, which utilizes a polycarbonate format that’s even more lightweight and still durable enough to stand the test of time. Until now, the brand has been praised for its superior finishes and avant-garde designs that have led to its reputation as “the Ferrari of luggage.” It offers a lifetime warranty for defects in materials and manufacturing, which notably doesn’t include exterior damage from improper use and mishandling caused by airlines. Therefore, it’s important to note that while FPM Milano bags are certainly luxurious and well-crafted, you’ll need to replace them more often if you’re a frequent commercial flyer.  

Read More: 20 Italian Luxury Brands That Shaped the Made-in-Italy Tradition

Briggs & Riley

In 1993, Briggs & Riley emerged under the parent company United States Luggage, which had pioneered wheeled luggage with the Rollaboard suitcase in 1987. As for Briggs & Riley’s claim to fame, it invented and patented the Outsider handle, a telescopic system on the exterior of the suitcase rather than the inside (which creates a flat interior with more space). The company, headquartered in New York, offers a wide range of soft- and hard-sided luggage, backpacks, and small travel accessories that prioritize durability, spaciousness, and organizational features. 

The Baseline is Briggs & Riley’s best-selling collection. The line of soft-sided luggage features CX Compression Expansion technology, which offers up to 33% more packing flexibility. It also has shock-absorbing wheels and self-repairing zippers designed to be easily realigned if they become separated. One of the biggest draws to Briggs & Riley, beyond its high-performing, enduring styles, is its “Simple as That” lifetime warranty that covers all functional damage, including airline mishandling — even if you don’t have a receipt for the model. That way, you can rest assured you’re getting your money’s worth, even if your luggage becomes damaged over time. 

Carl Friedrik

Swedish brothers Niklas and Mattis Oppermann founded their leather goods brand Carl Friedrik, originally called Oppermann London, in London in 2013. Known for its Scandinavian minimalist aesthetic, the company initially offered leather briefcases, backpacks, and wallets. In 2019, it expanded into luggage with the debut of its rolling carry-on bag, which saw immediate success, along with each subsequent suitcase launch, thanks to its understated, high-quality designs. 

Since then, Carl Friedrik has established itself in the luggage world, gaining wide acclaim for its hard-shell and hybrid suitcases. These models use German-engineered Makrolon polycarbonate for the body and Italian vegetable-tanned Vachetta leather for the accents. Other unique characteristics include silent 360-degree Hinomoto spinner wheels, zip-less clasp closures (a more secure alternative to traditional zippers), and internal compression straps and pads. The Carry-on X is a best seller among business travelers because of its front-access laptop pocket that offers quick access to devices and documents on the go. 

Carl Friedrik offers a comprehensive lifetime warranty that covers functional damage to their luggage, including issues with handles and stitching. Cosmetic wear and tear is not covered under its policy.

Steamline Luggage 

Based in Dublin, Ireland, Steamline Luggage was founded by entrepreneur Sara Banks in 2005. Her goal was to combine the nostalgic visual elements of vintage luggage with the high-performance materials and innovative designs of modern travel goods. 

Its signature collection is the Starlet, a line of trunk-style cases equipped with TSA-approved metal toggle locks, silent 360-degree spinner wheels, and hand-stitched leather straps and corners. Each model is built with Japanese Pasco fiberboard shells, which are lightweight and durable. The interiors showcase artist-designed printed linings with detachable door-hanger washbags and zipper lid compartments. What’s more, every bag comes with ripstop nylon dust covers to protect your luggage while in transit. If you want to make a daring statement, the Correspondent line comes in bold colors such as pink and canary yellow. All suitcases come with a two-year guarantee against manufacturing defects, and Steamline offers lifetime cosmetic and mechanical repairs.

Goyard 

Pierre-François Martin established his company Maison Martin (later, Maison Goyard), which specialized in leather trunks and cases, in 1792. The luxury luggage brand passed through several hands over the years, until 1853, when François Goyard purchased and renamed it Maison Goyard. After François Goyard passed away, his son Edmond took the helm of the company, expanding its reach by opening flagship stores across the globe and introducing the iconic hand-painted Y pattern, which has become synonymous with the brand. 

Though famous for the Saint Louis Weekender tote in iconic Goyardine canvas, the label is a leader in bespoke trunks. The Bourget PM trolley case and Satolas GM rolling suitcase are the brand’s primary models with wheels. They feature polycarbonate shells covered in Goyardine canvas, telescopic handles, palladium-plated hardware, and leather corners and security straps. For the canvas, you can choose from Goyard’s array of bright colors, and the brand offers bespoke services such as hand-painting your monogram, initials, or a motif over it. Each bag comes with a limited warranty for up to one year after purchase. 

Sterling Pacific 

With roots in watches and jewelry, Sterling Pacific (originally R. Herz & Bro Inc.) first launched in 1907 under co-founders and German immigrants Richard and Carl Otto Herz. It closed down its jewelry operations in 2007, and in 2021, the brand developer Galton Voysey acquired the company and relaunched it as Sterling Pacific. That same year, he introduced the label’s line of full-aluminum suitcases, shaking up the industry with suitcases using almost no plastic components. 

Touted for its aerospace-grade construction, Sterling Pacific utilizes 5052 series aluminum for the shell of its luggage and die-cast A383 for its corners, wheel housings, trolley frame, and handle housing. Its check-in bags are equipped with a double combination latch system, offering enhanced security without the use of traditional zippers. A notable feature of Sterling Pacific bags is their trunk-style opening, in which they open from the top as opposed to clamshell openings that split suitcases down the middle. This design allows you to pack and unpack more easily, while also offering more space to streamline the loading of your belongings. Sterling Pacific offers a lifetime warranty on all their travel pieces, covering manufacturing defects and providing spare parts for repairable issues. 

Horizn Studios

Jan Roosen and Stefan Holwe started Horizn Studios, a Berlin-based luxury luggage brand, in 2015. Their mission? To challenge the conventions of travel goods by integrating smart chargers into luggage. Horizn Studios has since collaborated with BMW, Soho House, and Beats by Dre to pioneer suitcase designs further. The company is also known for its commitment to sustainability, using a 97% recycled polycarbonate shell and 100% recycled interior lining for the RE Series, one of its best-selling lines. It also utilizes 100% plant-based, biodegradable shell material made from flax fiber and seed-based handles for the Circle One collection, making it the most sustainable luxury luggage series in the world. 

Along with these ranges, the M5 Essential and H6 Essential are the brand’s standout carry-on and check-in models, respectively. The former features a front-access laptop pocket, silent wheels, internal mesh compartments, and an optional smart charger. The former also has mesh compartments and an optional charger, in addition to a TSA lock for added security. All bags feature a contemporary design and come with lifetime repairability.

The Best Designer Luggage Brands

Designer luggage blends high-end fashion with functional style, turning every suitcase into a luxurious statement.

Louis Vuitton

Inspired by his early experiences working as a box-maker and packer for an elite clientele in 19th-century France, Louis Vuitton founded his namesake brand offering custom trunks in 1854. By 1858, Vuitton revolutionized travel with the introduction of the Trianon canvas flattop trunk, a stark departure from the bulky, round-top trunks of the time. This innovative design propelled the bag’s legacy in “The Art of Travel,” and today, Louis Vuitton continues to offer high-end, hard-sided trunks, rolling suitcases, carry-ons, and soft-sided travel bags that incorporate Parisian flair and its design codes. 

Louis Vuitton luggage is known for its lightweight, strong canvas that’s reinforced by a cowhide leather trim, aluminum hardware, and sometimes Vachetta leather. This canvas often features the iconic LV monogram, introduced by Louis Vuitton’s son, Georges, in 1896, which was originally made to prevent counterfeiting of the brand’s products. The flattop silhouettes of Louis Vuitton bags make them easy to stack atop one another, allowing you to load your luggage onto airport or hotel trolleys seamlessly. 

The maison’s signature luggage includes the Horizon 55, an ultra-lightweight and silent four-wheel spinner cabin bag, and the Horizon 70, a sleek check-in bag that offers an internal zip compartment and a spacious design that doesn’t compromise on elegance. Louis Vuitton also allows you to customize your luggage with monograms and various motifs, and add your own personal touch to every piece. 

Gucci

While working as a bellboy at the Savoy Hotel, one of the best luxury hotels in London, Guccio Gucci developed a deep interest in the exquisitely crafted luggage of British aristocrats. This inspired him to establish his namesake luxury luggage brand in 1921, which blended Florentine craftsmanship with opulent designs. He quickly developed a reputation for expertly crafted trunks with sumptuous leather detailing. In the 1930s, a leather shortage caused by the war pushed him to pioneer the Diamante canvas, a structured material made of woven hemp and linen that predated the GG monogram canvas it introduced in the 1960s. Over the years, Gucci channeled this innovative spirit and evolved into making modern cabin trolleys and soft travel bags. 

Gucci Savoy collection, the maison’s best-selling luggage line that pays homage to the brand’s origins, marries all of its design codes, including the GG monogram canvas, Gucci Web (the red and green or blue stripe), and GG hardware. Each bag comes with a detachable ID tag with an illustration of a bellboy and “Gucci” embossed on it. The line includes both soft and hard luggage. The Porter collection is also popular, with a more modern rendition of the brand’s identity, featuring a combination of aluminum trims and GG monogram canvas. 

Bottega Veneta

Founded as an artisanal leather workshop in 1966, Bottega Veneta saw early success due to its expert craftsmanship and signature intrecciato leather, incorporated in handbags, elegant duffels, travel totes, and small leather suitcases. The Italian luxury brand recently released a new cabin suitcase, called the Odyssey, which comes in either polycarbonate or leather. The polycarbonate version reimagines the brand’s intrecciato weaving pattern in a three-dimensional polycarbonate shell, which has a striking appearance. The other version is wrapped in intrecciato leather, but similarly features calfskin leather handles and trims and comes with a detachable intrecciato leather tag holder. Both bags have one zipper compartment with a TSA-approved lock and one strapped compartment with a detachable divider that has a flat zipper pocket. 

Fendi

Husband-and-wife duo Adele Casagrande and Edoardo Fendi opened up their namesake fur and leather workshop in 1925 in Rome. The family business turned fashion powerhouse has evolved dramatically over the years, especially under the leadership of the Fendi sisters, following Edoardo’s passing, and it first explored travel accessories in the 1950s. Karl Lagerfeld, who helmed the brand from 1965 until his death in 2019, helped carve a space for Fendi in modern travel goods, specifically with his introduction of the iconic double F logo. 

Fast forward to today, and not only is Fendi one of the top designer luggage labels in its own right, but it’s also collaborated with other luggage brands such as Rimowa to design a unique cabin trolley that blends German-engineered materials and design with Italian flair. The result? A polycarbonate shell with a three-dimensional FF pattern, leather details, silent wheels, and a telescopic handle. The interior has a FF motif fabric lining and features a partition with a zippered pocket and adjustable straps to prevent your belongings from shifting. The brand also offers distinctive, traditional-style trunks in various sizes, each swathed in jacquard FF-printed fabric with calfskin leather details and silver-toned accents. The large version has one main compartment with two pockets on one side. 

Dior

Dior was founded in Paris in 1946, but the luxury fashion house only launched its first luggage collection in 2020, which was a collaboration with Rimowa under creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri (2016-2025). The line originally included trolley suitcases, backpacks, vanity cases, and small trunks showcasing the maison’s Oblique monogram in Rimowa’s signature materials. Today, Dior only offers the cabin suitcase in two colorways: black and gradient blue. This model makes a bold statement with the Oblique monogram printed across the aluminum exterior and a metallic plate that says Dior and Rimowa. It has a TSA-compliant lock, an interior T compartment with a flexible partition system, and CD-branded 360-degree wheels, not to mention it comes with a dustbag.

Hermès

Hermès was founded in 1837 as a harness workshop in Paris, and by the 1890s, it expanded its scope to include luxury travel accessories. The Haut à Courroies bag is one of its earliest bags, designed to carry and protect horse riding gear. In 1923, Hermès introduced the Bolide bag, the first handbag with a zipper, as a car travel companion at a time when there was a global fascination with sports cars.

The Rolling Mobility Suitcase (RMS) is the maison’s most recent, modern luggage innovation. The slim carry-on design features removable wheels, a retractable handle, and a customizable canvas and leather exterior. The smooth leather exterior is chic and minimalist, and the interior has a caviar canvas lining. It also comes in a version with a printed canvas exterior, featuring contemporary Hermès prints in a variety of colors. This highly exclusive bag is not as practical for heavy travel as the other models in this roundup; rather, it is mainly a symbol of the brand’s prestige. 

Prada

Prada’s history as one of the most prestigious luxury luggage brands began in 1913, when brothers Mario and Martino Prada founded their brand. Its expertly crafted steamer trunks, handbags, and travel accessories are what earned the brand the high status of Official Supplier to the Italian Royal House, allowing them to incorporate the House of Savoy’s coat of arms into their triangle logo. Prada continues to excel in the luggage world, thanks to its innovative use of Re-Nylon, a durable and recycled material that Miuccia Prada, Mario’s granddaughter, introduced in the late 1970s. In addition to the Re-Nylon suitcase, Prada also offers full Saffiano leather, polycarbonate, and embroidered canvas versions of its trolley design. All examples have a rounded silhouette and display the enameled Prada triangle motif on the top exterior.

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