Relive the 50s and the Golden Age of travel, with Rimowa’s Vintage 1950 Limited Edition collection. Limited to just 1950 pieces worldwide, the travel cases are made of aircraft aluminium (duraluminium) with a deep blue moire interior, while the handles are carved from a single block of aluminium by way of a special and painstaking process. A reproduction of the original corrugated 1950s model, each piece in the limited edition series has a retro-style lock featuring a running serial number.
True to its slogan during the 50s, “1A Quality & Feather-light Air Luggage”, the original case made famous by Rimowa was the first of its kind. Amidst the glamor and glory of air travel during the era, the case quickly rose to become the preferred luggage of the travelling elite.
“In particular, we would like to appeal to those of our customers who can still remember the original cases because their parents perhaps travelled with them on these first trips, pure nostalgia! We have been constructing cases of corrugated aluminium for 64 years and would like to offer our loyal customers a really special treat with these models…The fact that this design and material is still around 64 years later and continuing to gain in popularity is an absolute affirmation of the RIMOWA brand. I am truly very proud of the pioneering work of both my father and grandfather”, says Dieter Morszeck, CEO of Rimowa.
