Stella McCartney LeSportsac Limited Edition Travel Collection

Why It's Good:

The designs are vibrant and fresh, with an ultra-chic element that is missing from the blah black funereal styles of Tumi and Samsonite. There are always special secret pockets you can assign a newfangled gadget, boarding pass or SIGG bottle. Every handbag and tote comes with a snap-out cosmetic bag, and the computer sleeve is so sleek, you may be able to go through airport security without needing to remove your laptop. We can hope, can't we?

Why It's Green:

Each bag is made from 100% recycled material. All dust covers and hangtags are generated from 100% recycled paper and plastic.

Where To Get It:

http://www.lesportsac.com/stella/
Available for preorder now. Prices start at $120 for a laptop bag. These are hot items, so if you want 'em, place an order now.

Get Around in Style With Stella

I remember scoring my first LeSportsac bag as if it was yesterday. My version of this rite of passage for most American girls in the mid-80s was a gray plaid, perfect for my post-parochial-school escapades. I rode the bus to the Paramus Park Mall with my best friend Monica and treated that bag like it held the contents to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each compartment held a crucial artifact for a fourteen year old: lip gloss, a ticket stub to Friday the 13th (part one), a ten-dollar bill that I dreamed would buy me a sliver of fashion-forward style. I will never forget that bag and all those zippers, nor the bag that you got in the bag. I look for the re-issue from time to time. And now I need look no more. There are seventeen pieces in Stella McCartney's new Limited Edition Travel Collection for LeSportsac. (Some pieces, like the bunny rucksack, are for the little tykes in your life.) Made of strong recycled nylon, a material that's sure to stand the test of time, McCartney brings a kaleidoscope of flair to an everyday-chic brand of bags and accessories. With fetching pop prints and dainty quilted patterns in colors such as dirty pink, deep plum, hot orange and silver gray, McCartney has made the leap from her normally ethereal, delicate and feminine aesthetic to pure adorable fun. Perfect for a trip to Bora Bora or a quick jaunt to the dentist!—Allison Reynolds