The Troubadour Weekender
What was it Winston Churchill said about simple tastes and being satisfied with the best? We concur. We don’t want it branded, and we don’t want it in a fancy pattern. You might say that we “don’t want more choice”; we “just want nicer things”. And we love a nice bag. A really nice one.
There are numerous luggage junkies on the Civilian team, and there’s much debate about what constitutes the perfect hand luggage. One of our Australian writers swears by the bag they bought in Rossi & Caruso in Buenos Aires, which has a handy zip-box base for shoes. Our editor-in-chief loves the waxed Japanese Porter bag he found in the SoHo branch of Bloomingdales. Our arts editor won’t go anywhere with his Mulberry Heathcliffe.
There’s a consensus though: we all love the new Troubadour range. There are just seven pieces, produced in Italy in the finest quality leather, designed to last a lifetime and look better with age. This isn’t a seasonal or trend thing. These are just the perfect bags for every occasion: the weekend trip to Geneva, the afternoon of meetings in Mayfair, or the evening squash game. They are reassuringly expensive, and come in just one shade of leather: black. Heaven. And there’s no external branding. Would you have a logo on the lapel of your bespoke suit? No. So why would you want it on the outside of your hand luggage?
Brand founders Samuel Bail and Abel Samet are two businessmen who – like us – know exactly what they want out of a bag. They travel constantly, and it shows: Troubadour bags are as functional and intuitive as they are handsome. The pockets and straps are in the right place, openings are wide enough to access everything you need, and the construction is meticulous, so your won’t see your Macbook Pro take a tragic Potemkin Steps style tumble down the escalator at Canary Wharf.
Troubadour make the perfect hand luggage, and bags to adventure with. C