New York Fashion Week Was a Pleasant Ode to Carry-On Journey

I’m a agency believer that irrespective of the place you’re touring, you must at all times convey a checked bag and a carry-on—even for those who by some means handle to pack gentle. A scalding-hot take, I do know.

I take into account this greatest observe for a lot of causes—most of which contain buying, sure—however it’s additionally helpful for anti-theft functions (ask me about my pal who had $20k of designer garments stolen from her checked bag) and again pressure prevention (you’ll by no means catch me with a heavy duffel on my shoulder, I can promise you that). It’s additionally helpful for those who carry a genetic predisposition for overpacking—which in my case was inherited via the maternal facet.

Before we delve any additional into my household historical past, enable me first to introduce myself. I’m Kelsey Stiegman, a style editor and Substacker with 11 years of expertise in media and 18 nations underneath my belt—to not point out 30 U.S. states, in addition to Puerto Rico.

Throughout my years of journey (each for work and pleasure), I’ve managed to curate fairly an eclectic listing of experiences. My journeys embody each the high-end (like a five-star keep at Monte-Carlo Beach for his or her Jacquemus collab) and the extraordinarily low-budget (clam-digging on a Maine tenting journey with my dad and mom). In reality, it’s not unusual for me to go from a weeklong mountain climbing journey straight to a runway present—as I did this season.

Behind style, journey is my life’s nice love. And I can’t consider a extra becoming place to draft my first Styl(ish) story for The Fast Track than from the airport, simply off of New York Fashion Week, ready to board a red-eye flight to Mallorca.