Luggage for rain or shine

Spring flowers to weather April, and more importantly monsoon showers! One reason to get behind hardcase luggage in this country is the rain protection, but you can still look all light and airy with the likes of Tumi’s tough Tegra-Lite (and other series) in the Spring–Summer 2015 prints celebrating Hawaiian beach holiday fantasies. We like the hibiscus-inspired Black Floral and the Waikiki beach-inspired Maui Wave prints especially for rolling luggage that needs to put up with rough treatment while you dream. For carryon, the paler Fossil Floral is very stylish, and the bright Scuba and Aquamarine blues and ‘Coconut’ yellow are great for pops of colour easy to spot on carousels and in crowds. This is serious luggage, encouraging you to stay light of heart (and wallet). (Tegra-Lite international carry-on Rs 48,000, large trip packing case Rs 74,000, www.tumi.com)