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There's something about the color blue that just feels like summer: It's the sky on a perfect beach day, an icy pool on a lazy afternoon, a deep lake in the middle of the woods or the smudgy color of the clouds after a thunderstorm. It's evocative, it's peaceful, it's cool. So it makes sense that Away, the smart luggage company known for always nailing it on the design front, just added a sky blue shade (above, perched on the porch at Hero Beach Club in Montauk, New York) as part of their permanent lineup of colors.
Apparently more than 3,000 people requested the color, after limited edition runs in various shades of light blue (including Frost and Pool in the Winter 2017 collection and Ocean, part of a collaboration with the photographer Gray Malin) sold out in record time. It's available in all sizes—that's The Carry-On, The Bigger Carry-On, The Medium, The Large and The Kids’ Carry On—on the brand's website starting today. Of course, each bag comes with the signature details Away is known for: TSA-approved locks, a removable battery for charging your phone, and a mess-proof nylon lining and zip-up laundry compartment.
We think it'd look great paired with the black vegan leather backpack or the 'Everywhere' bag in black denim. Or, if you want to go full pastel—and why not, as the days start heating up?—roll it around with the Everywhere's millennial pink version. Just like blue skies and a day at the beach, they make for the perfect summer combo.
Buy Now: The Carry-On in Sky
Awaytravel.com, $225
