Well I can do up to 3 weeks nicely in a 22" (even though our favorite overpacker above can't imagine this).

For Mari4~ I'm not sure why you're having trouble finding them. Mine was on sale for $50 at a JC Pennys store a a few years back. Oh, since I haven't luggage shopped recently maybe that's it - because of the new stricter carryon limits that manufacturers have taken the 22" down to a 20" as a standard size?

M-Kingdom, we were our clothes one day, and the next day turn it inside out, this way we can pack only 1/2 of what we need (sarcasm)

Turning your sarcasm into fact - even if I was to cut down by half by turning clothes inside out I still couldn't manage. Besides, I hate labels showing.

Oh I don't even bother reversing my clothes - although that is a brilliant idea. I just wear it over & over & over again. Works out beautifully!

Let's see, for my 7 days in London I had the largest 33" suitcase, with some 10 pairs of various footwear (no sneakers) AND a packed-to-the-gills garment bag-the suitcase weighed around 63 pounds before I left, and 70 when I came back-I felt I had enough with me with that.

LOL, what fun to read this after spending the day in cream colored silk cropped pants and a black top..black shoes and bag to round out the ensemble :D

Hmmm~ Did anyone whisper something about licorice??

I thought I shouted it out, obviously not loud enough.

Oh it was you! Well, that is ok, since your advice is obviously based on something that my grandmother might say, if she were a shop girl...in the 50's .

Saw I ROBOT today- not one bit of color in the whole movie-Everyone word grey and black or just black.
They looked good LOL (says the NYCgirl in me)

In the summer I would wear black and white and in winter I would wear black and winter white.

Why not black and ecru?

Would beige and ebony be acceptable?

(If not, please don't tell Gucci...)

or ebony and ivory.....

Now it's time to sing that song....

Stevie wouldn't mind if you wore ebony and ivory.

doesn't winter white =

cream?!

That depends. Witch broomsticks skirts are you talking about?

Bashful, J.Jill (catalog or on-line) has a great black skirt that won't be a mess when you take it out o fyour suitcase, it's lightweight, and they offer tall sizes.

http://www.jjill.com/shopJJillDetail...J74GN7HS0D1SF6

Yep, so wear it...or.....cream, sand, ecru, beige or Navajo White with black!

But....not with white shoes!!!

Whatever you wear, be sure you let someone else pack it for you!