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Best Luxury Backpack for 48-Hour Travel? Doppio vs Céline & Fendi

September 19, 2026

Céline offers greater absolute size. Fendi offers compact urban familiarity. The Doppio's advantage lies elsewhere: in extracting substantial travel capability from controlled dimensions and integr...

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Functional Beauty. A conversation with the designer of Maison Philippe Montagne

September 17, 2026

Maison Philippe Montagne. Most luxury houses, asked to explain themselves, will point to heritage, or savoir-faire, or a founding date on a plaque. Philippe Montagne, asked the same question, tends...

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Mix + Match series. Portofino Aperitivo. MPM Ristretto, MPM RPT, Loro Piana, Schiaparelli, Aubade, Chanel

September 12, 2026

MPM Ristretto. He is wearing a Loro Piana Ice Wish polo in navy blue, white trousers, woven brown leather shoes. His MPM Ristretto in tan is on his back, worn as a backpack, its warm caramel leathe...

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Most Elegant Big Luxury Backpack? MPM Doppio vs Céline & Fendi

September 12, 2026

This is perhaps where the luxury backpack becomes particularly interesting, because functionality need not necessarily diminish elegance. Properly integrated, it can contribute to it.

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Which Luxury Mini Backpack Offers the Best Functionality? MPM vs Chanel vs Goyard

September 4, 2026

Maison Philippe Montagne Ristretto asks a somewhat different question: how much everyday functionality can be incorporated before a backpack begins to look and feel like a backpack? 

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Functional Beauty. The Pursuit of Beauty Through Design | MPM

September 3, 2026

Functional Beauty. It simply gives a name to something that has been present in the Modus Operandi all along. Beauty remains the goal. Art Deco and architecture provide guidance. Geometry, proporti...

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The most beautiful mini-backpack? Comparing the Maison Philippe Montagne (MPM) Ristretto, Chanel Urban Spirit and Goyard Mini Alpin

September 1, 2026

Perhaps this is what ultimately distinguishes a beautiful object from one that merely follows fashion. Trends change, materials evolve and silhouettes come and go, yet an object whose every line ha...

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Mix + Match series. Saint-Tropez Yacht Dinner. MPM Ristretto, Balenciaga, Van Cleef & Arpels, Hublot

August 30, 2026

Her MPM Ristretto in orange is worn as a backpack, its two straps settled across the white of her shirt. He has a white shirt worn untucked over dark brown shorts and white boat shoes, his own MPM ...

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