To me Pan Am always was a symbol of the whole era which is long gone now. The era of smiling flight attendants in beautiful uniforms, creative ad pictures, charm and romance of traveling. Well, and that's for me, though I was born and raised in a different country and different culture.
I guess I have to blame my uncle who is a pilot for all this stupid romaticizing. But it's too late - I'm already damaged for life, from the moment he gave the 9 year old me a beautiful Delta Airlines wing pin (I've broke it a few month ago and I'm still devastated).
For many years I was deaming about this vintage Pan Am travel bag. I adore their merchandise - bags, pasport covers, pens, everything.
But buying one is not so easy if you live so far away. Well, I can find lots of them on ebay or etsy for like 5.99 dollars. But to buy it I have to also pay something like 25 dollars for shipping. I am a desperate Pan Am merchandise lover, but I love my money too.
But rescently some woman put a similar Pan Am bag on one of our locan internet auctions. It was madly overpriced (once again, I am a desperate romantic, but this is plastic, not gold).
No one was beting, and I can see that she lowered the price a little. I hope that she will put it up for sale again (it's currently in a "no bets, end of auction" state, but I'm optimistic). Or, is she wouldn't, I'll ask one of my friend who often goes to Seattle for work to make me a HUGE favor and find it for me.
It's such an amazing piece for creating a great street style outfit, I'm wondering why it's so rarely used.
