Who knew Samsonite had such a fashionable side? First, the suitcase house collaborated with Alexander McQueen on a spring line of leather, skeletal-looking trolley-style cases, and now it taps Christina Ricci to be the face of their new Fashionaire line.

Samsonite Fashionaire

Courtesy of Samsonite

To honor their new poster-girl, the luggage label packed them in (pun very much intended) last night at the Rose Bar at Ian Schrager’s Gramercy Park Hotel. Marisa Tomei mingled with event co-host Cameron Silver of L.A. emporium Decades, while Ricci held court at the tables displaying the latest Fashionaire wares (which are very retro-chic sans the unfortunate musty smell found in actual vintage trunks).

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When asked her travel essentials, Ricci professed to be quite the minimalist. “Just the basics: I’m a firm believer in that there’s very few things that you can’t do without for a day or two,” she said. “I just bring comfy clothes and two pairs of heels.” As for her favorite get-away destinations, St. Tropez and Ibiza can’t compare the 90210 area. “I travel so much for work,” she says, “ That for me, staying at home is like a vacation.” Spoken like a true globetrotter.

x S.C.

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