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Charles Simon’s exquisite line of luxury luggage has been blowing everyone’s mind since it’s release. From the classical briefcase Mackenzie, compact carry-on Rupert to the rolling luggage carrier Bonaventure, each of their products has been crafted with extreme care and precision. Now Charles Simon has taken it one step higher, by upgrading a pre-existing fan-favorite, the Bonaventure, with the launch of the Bonaventure Aluminum. What looks like a briefcase horizontally, is, in fact, a rolling suitcase when placed vertically! Equipped with a patented handle that deploys at the push of a button, therein increasing its length, Bonaventure is exceptionally easy to carry, making the user’s experience highly comfortable. Pushing the button also unveils two retractable wheels, enabling the suitcase to follow you around everywhere promptly, with minimum effort from your side. Now, what distinguishes the latest version of Bonaventure from its original one?

Ditching (not completely though) their trademark cherrywood, Charles Simon has instead picked Aluminum as the base material for the body of the new and improved roller. However, the anodized aluminum handle does contain sneak peeks of cherrywood detailing! With aerospace engineering as their inspiration, and designed by ex-aeronautical engineers, the case has been constructed by combining carbon fiber and aluminum, to create an impressive structure that exuberates sturdiness and durability. Aluminum is usually reserved for the manufacture of mobile phones, due to it’s lightweight and durable nature. However, integrating it with the form factor of a suitcase, protects the suitcase from the rough and tough journeys it has to be a part of, and as a result, guaranteeing the safety of all your belongings. Retaining a young bull leather exterior finish and an Alcantara interior lining, Charles Simon has maintained some of their iconic elements.

Handcrafted in Canada, Bonaventure Aluminum is made to order, boasting an engraving of your name and a unique serial number. Available in black, beige and marine blue, Charles Simon has taken a little detour from their fashionably old fashioned cases to pleasantly surprise us with the sleek and modern Bonaventure Aluminum!

Designer: Charles Simon

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Bonaventure Aluminum is more than a travel piece, Charles Simon’s crisp focus and attention to its intense aesthetics mark it as an art object.

The aluminum used to create Bonaventure is hand-polished, electropolished and anodized to ensure a radiating finish.

The young bull leather is heavily inspected to select only the most premium segments.

Inspired by aeronautical design, Charles Simon’s ‘Mackenzie’ briefcase has been crafted by hand, utilizing some of the world’s finest and most premium materials. Charles G Tremblay and Simon Maltais, ex-aeronautical engineers and the masterminds behind Charles Simon, created this wooden piece making sure to take the utmost care. The design excludes simplicity, with its straight lines taking us to the no-nonsense form factor that a briefcase exemplifies, removing all the unnecessary modern-day additions and mesmerizing us with its truly minimal structure.

To ensure a compact, lightweight and durable body, its structure has been created from carbon fiber and aluminum. The anodized aluminum forms the handle, whereas the carbon fiber makes up the rectangular shell. On the outside, Mackenzie has been adorned with Canadian cherrywood and high-quality leather. The Cherrywood, which might I add truly soothes the eyes is made from rescued timber, from logs that were submerged in Canada’s waterways over a hundred years ago. The leather meanwhile has been sourced from Carriat, a renowned French family-owned tannery that has been providing premium quality leather to brands such as Dior and Hermes for the past 92 years. The interiors of the briefcase have been lined with soft suede-like fabric linings from Alcantara. It has also been equipped with a combination lock, securing your precious belonging.

Available in a variety of colors, though my favorite has to be the beautiful blue which reminds me of ocean waves crashing on the shore on a bright summer day, Mackenzie is ‘made to order’ and what makes the entire experience even more special, is the fact the briefcase will be inscribed with a unique serial number and the owner’s name! I must admit Mackenzie is no ordinary briefcase. Handcrafted with attention to detail, with customization and personalization as the finishing touches, I expect to find it dangling from the fingertips of each every design connoisseur hurrying on their way to work!

Designer: Charles G Tremblay and Simon Maltais of Charles Simon