Have you been very good? Are you in the possession of a generous benefactor? Then cast an eye over The Vampire’s Wife’s new collection with Globe-Trotter, which is guaranteed to elevate baggage carousels. From trunks to vanity cases in black or ivory, inset with blood red or glittering black interiors and bold brass hardware, each piece is drenched in founder Susie Cave’s signature darkly decadent touch. It’s a fitting luggage debut for the designer, who cites Elizabeth Taylor ‘with all her pets, suitcases, jewels and outrageous charms’ as her travel style icon. But how does fashion’s most famous Gothic queen relocate? ‘I am, to my husband’s horror, a maximalist,’ she offers. ‘I pack everything and more. He carries it! My favourite recent
destination is near Buffalo. Fredonia, to be exact, for its haunted
forests and dark rolling skies.’