Fan-favorite Dagne Dover debuts first-ever luggage collection with 6 new pieces

21.06.2024 - 13:05 / thepointsguy.com

Dagne Dover is hoping to make a big splash in the travel world with the introduction of its first-ever luggage collection.

With six distinct pieces, the New York-based brand, which was founded by three women in 2013, hopes to have something for everyone. Offering two checked bags, two carry-ons and two garment bags, Dagne Dover is really jumping right into the luggage space.

To date, the brand has become perhaps most famous for its neoprene backpacks and duffels, which sport plenty of organizational pockets for loose items and tech gear. (Its new luggage collection draws inspiration from this heritage.)

But luggage is a whole different animal, and the Dange Dover co-founders know that. Jessy Dover, co-founder and chief creative director, told TPG in an exclusive interview that the luggage collection is largely a result of not finding the perfect bag on the market right now.

Dover, who began traveling frequently as the coronavirus pandemic subsided, couldn't find a functional bag that worked for her.

"It was at this time where I was like, I think actually luggage makes a lot of sense for us, and I think we can do it better," she said.

Now, three years after that first conversation, the brand is ready for its big airport debut. As the team set out to design the pieces, it went about them with four key pillars: durability, flexibility, design and sustainability.

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In terms of durability, the entire luggage collection went through three years of wear testing, both in the factory and on the road, Dover said.

"Every time somebody wear-tested it, you should see the videos we have from all the different wear testers, whether they're internal Dagne team members or external people, [they told us] this worked for me, this part came off right, and the like," said Deepa Gandhi, co-founder and chief operating officer.

That makes the founders really confident that the bags will survive every journey, from cobblestone streets in Europe to safaris in Africa and everywhere in between.

The brand will back up its promise with a limited lifetime warranty.

"We're evolving our warranty with the injection of luggage, and that'll include a limited lifetime of the product warranty," co-founder and CEO Melissa Mash told TPG without providing any more specifics.

In terms of flexibility, one of the key features of the bags is that they can open from both the top and the side, "so that you can be super detail-oriented and organized if you so choose. But also you have the option of just being like throw it in and go kind of person," Dover said.

The bags also feature the brand's signature organizational pockets, so you can pack all your