Embrace Your Inner โ€˜RocknRollaโ€™ With Carl Friedrikโ€™s Hackett Travel Capsule
โ€” 28 February 2025

Embrace Your Inner โ€˜RocknRollaโ€™ With Carl Friedrikโ€™s Hackett Travel Capsule

โ€” 28 February 2025
Randy Lai
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  • Premium travel goods brand Carl Friedrik has just launched a trio of limited edition styles, including two sizes of multi-wheel case and a getaway-ready weekender.
  • Each is designed in partnership with Hackett London, featuring a timeless blue colourway and signature co-branding.
  • Prices range between $1,050-$1,200 and are now available to shop online.

Guy Ritchieโ€™s The Gentlemen may be between seasons, and the Shakespearean drama of Succession has reached a definitive conclusion, but that doesnโ€™t mean well-shod travellers canโ€™t embody the style of these acclaimed TV shows โ€“ ditto where clothing and accessories are concerned.

Enter: premium travel goods specialist Carl Friedrik. If you fancy yourself a Logan Roy or Edward Horniman type, itโ€™s a name thatโ€™s likely to register.

Pictured (clockwise): The new โ€˜Carry-on Xโ€™, alongside the existing โ€˜Check-Inโ€™ and โ€˜Compact Weekenderโ€™ in Carl Friedrikโ€™s ongoing collaboration with Hackett London.

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Over the past decade, the Anglo-Scandi label has grown into a cult favourite among frequent fliers, thanks to its sleek looking and tough-gutted designs. So much so, that when Successionโ€˜s costume designers began sneaking them into the showโ€™s wardrobe, it felt like the most natural move in the world.

Now, the brand is putting an exclamation mark next to its sartorial credentials; partnering with contemporary menswear label Hackett London to deliver a concise (and considered) range of travel goods. From overnight jaunts to your annual month-long European odyssey, weโ€™d say theyโ€™ve managed to deliver a solution for most well-heeled travellers.

Hackett Carl Friedrik

While Hackett has previously tapped Carl Friedrik for the release of a Carry-On ($985) and Check-In option ($1,200), the hero release of this latest team-up is the Carry-On X: a variation of the aforementioned overhead-approved trolley, complete with front pocket for your laptop and most frequently utilised travel documents.

Like its larger Check-In sibling (which hoofs up to 69 litres worth of kit), the Carry-On X puts Carl Friedrikโ€™s signature wraparound leather detailing front and centre.

Double branding and use of an exclusive navy/โ€™Hackettโ€™ brown colourway are the other instant talking points. And while you canโ€™t see it with the naked eye, each case is constructed using an aluminium frame and polycarbonate shell (a non-negotiable at this budget).

Hackett Carl Friedrik

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Lastly, for shorter 48-hour trips or even just your regular clock-in at the gym, Hackett has put its own twist on Carl Friedrikโ€™s signature Compact Weekender.

Rather than going for a full calf leather construction, these duffle-esque styles are made, for the most part, with nubuck. An astute choice, in actuality, when you remember that this rustic top-hide is much tougher and weather-resistant.

Just the qualities you need when youโ€™re flitting between business class suites and five-speed convertibles.

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Randy Lai
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Following 6 years in the trenches covering consumer luxury across East Asia, Randy joins Boss Hunting as the team's Commercial Editor. His work has been featured in A Collected Man, M.J. Bale, Soho Home, and the BurdaLuxury portfolio of lifestyle media titles. An ardent watch enthusiast, boozehound and sometimes-menswear dork, drop Randy a line at [email protected].

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