Two houses that both prize the marks of time have teamed up. Rimowa and Maison Margiela have created a limited-edition travel set that pairs Rimowa’s Classic Cabin suitcase with Margiela’s 5AC XL bag, designed to look and feel more personal the longer you use it.
A shared love of wear and tear
Frequent travellers know that dents and scratches on a Rimowa case become a diary of trips taken. Margiela, for its part, has long treated age as a design idea, reclaiming old garments or finishing new ones to look lived in. The collaboration sits where those two outlooks meet. Watch the video:
Two signatures, one set
Rimowa contributes its famous grooves, a motif first used on an aluminium case in 1950 and inspired by aircraft. Margiela contributes Bianchetto, hand-painted white overpainting rooted in 1988, when Martin Margiela painted the furniture in his first studio white. As the paint cracks and flakes with use, each piece develops a patina of its own.
The suitcase’s interior is lined in white with leather trim and shows its stitching and overlocked edges, so it looks as if it has been turned inside out. That echoes how the 5AC bag is built, with a lining that extends beyond the leather. The aluminium logo badge carries the four iconic slanted white stitches. The case is made in Rimowa’s historic factory in Cologne and keeps the brand’s practical features: a telescopic handle, Multiwheel system and TSA-approved locks.
The 5AC XL gets the grooves too, but not by stitching: they’re pressed into the leather with a high-frequency technique, with no needle or thread. Leather loops let the bag sit on top of the suitcase with the grooves lined up, and a cross-body strap handles everyday use. Both pieces come with a leather tag that combines Rimowa’s address tag with Margiela’s key bell.
From 19 November 2026, the Classic Cabin costs $5,500 and the 5AC XL bag $6,240. They’ll be available at select Rimowa and Maison Margiela stores and online at both brands’ websites.
