Consider yourself warned: The travel life of accessories designer Clare Vivier is about as glamorous as you might imagine. While she and her 12-year-old business, Clare V., are based in Los Angeles, her most frequent trips are to check on her shops in New York City, Chicago, Denver, and San Francisco. Plus, “I go to Milan for leather show twice a year and I go to market in Paris one or two times a year,” Vivier says. For all those reasons and more, her travel bags are always carefully packed.
You could be jealous of her constant travels, or you could grab a few of her tips. Here, Vivier shares her airport pet peeves, the best way to experience L.A., and the trip she’s hoping to take next.
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Her packing style:
I start packing a few hours before I have to leave. It depends on the trip, but mostly I’m the type of person who tries to plan out a few outfits because most of my travel is work travel, so I'll need to look put together. But if I'm going home to Minnesota, I don't plan any outfits.
Her airport routine:
I like to arrive one hour in advance for domestic and two hours exactly for international. I don't like to have too much time, but I also don't like to be stressed. I like to stick to airlines that I fly most often, so for domestic flights, I really stick to Delta and I have that routine down pat. Even if I only have five minutes, I go straight for the Delta lounge because they have a filtered water distributor and I always have my reusable bottle with me. I'll jump on their Wi-Fi for a second and download all of my emails in case I don't have Wi-Fi on the flight.
How a fashion designer dresses for the plane:
I like to wear loafers because they come on and off easily. A pair of khakis, loose-fitting khakis. I really like Hope, that Swedish brand. They're not precious, but they look somewhat nice as well. I always, always, always have compression socks when I fly. It's very important for keeping your blood pressure correct. And usually a button-down shirt. I don't like to look too casual when I fly. I still look somewhat [my] best, kind of proper.
How she chooses travel accessories:
I think a fanny pack is really always the best thing to take with you because when you're traveling. You don't realize how much you're walking unless you're on vacation or in a new city, and I get so tired of having anything on my shoulders. If I'm going to be at a museum all day or if I'm doing shopping or whatever I'm doing, it's such a relief to have something around my waist and not on my shoulder. Then it's also great for passports and things like holding your ticket and things that are always at your disposal easily. I always carry a weekender and then I'll have a rolly suitcase from Tumi.
What’s in those carry-on bags:
So much! My laptop, a few magazines, a jean jacket and/or a sweater or sweatshirt that I would like to pull out for mid-flight. An eye mask, a bandana, headphones, usually Beats headphones.
Then various makeup bags. I do like to have some nice cream with me, face or hand cream, because I do think that we get really dried out on the airplane.
The first time she flew business:
I remember my first business-class flight to China, so like a really long-haul business-class flight. That stands out to me. It was very, very fancy because we got pajamas and our own little nook, you know? And of course, the Wi-Fi. I think it was Air China or something, and it was paid for by a workmate. I remember being so excited that I got my own PJs.
Her travel pet peeve:
When [other travelers] have their neck pillow hanging down while they're walking and it's hitting them on the back of their thigh while they walk. How do they not notice that their neck pillow is hanging down so low? It drives me crazy, bang, bang, bang. I'm like, “Why does that not drive you crazy?”
Her most recent work-meets-pleasure trip:
I’m experiencing a lot of jet lag right now. I was in Paris for market, then we went to the south of France. We flew into Nice and took a car over to a town called Saint-Paul-De-Vence and stayed at La Colombe d'Or. And went to the Fondation Maeght to see the Miró exhibit. Then we took a train over to Milan and we went to the leather show, then from Milan flew to London to look at some real estate, then from London to New York to stop for 24 hours and see Saturday Night Live. Then flew home from there! It was a two-week long trip in total and it was really, really fantastic.
The trips she’s dreaming of next:
I'd really love to go to India and see some of our sources that we have in India, because we get some of our embroidery pieces from there. That would be my far-away destination. But I really also would love to stay local and drive to Hotel Joaquin, which is down in Orange County, so that I wouldn't have to get on an airplane.
Her Los Angeles travel secret:
There’s a book called Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles and it's really fun, a beautiful way to discover Los Angeles. If you're in the Hollywood Hills or Silver Lake or Santa Monica, there are walks that feel like scavenger hunts because you'll start at an address and then it'll tell you to walk north and you'll find a staircase on your right after a certain address and you go up the stairs, then when you get to the top of the stairs, take a left and go for two blocks. You're seeing all this architecture, you're discovering a new part of the city, and you're getting to be outside in Los Angeles, which is what we should all be [doing] because the weather's always so beautiful.
The most amazing trip of her life:
I went to Tanzania and with an organization called Every Mother Counts, and we ran a half marathon at Kilimanjaro. Then we went on safari, then we saw the programs that EMC supports in Tanzania—their clinics support maternal health care around the world. At the end of that trip, because we were so close, we went over to Zanzibar, really so gorgeous. I've never seen anything like that turquoise water and the baby-powder sand, and learning about the history. Parts of it are very dark, of course. But it's also a glorious slice of nature. That was probably the most wonderful trip I've ever taken for so many reasons—not just the luxurious part of it, but also seeing the other side of the planet and experiencing other cultures like that.
2020-02-14 15:02:21Z
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