At the last Travel Goods Association (TGA) show in Las Vegas, I was delighted to get a preview of Heys USA’s latest addition to their great line of luggage, the Disney Collection. For the young at heart and the big Disney fan, Heys USA brings us a wonderful array of rolling bags, duffles, backpacks, and spinners luggages for toddlers, juveniles and adults. From Disney Princesses, Cars to America’s favorite mouse, Mickey Mouse, these vibrant prints are sure to draw attention everywhere you go and will put a smile on everyone’s faces.

Check out the World’s first fiber optic computer animated carry-on luggage for kids by Heys. These are really cool carry-ons, even I want one! Similar to their popular design of their Designer Disney carry-ons with LED wheels, these are upgraded with cool fiber optic LED animated lights and wheels. There is an accessible on and off switch button in the front of the luggage for the animated lights and it does require 3 “AAA” batteries. Weight at just 4 lbs at at 17″ x 12″ x 9″, your little one will travel in style.

The Designer Disney by Heys toddler and young children collection are mostly made of polycarbonate composite and polyester making it very lightweight and easy to carry for travelers of all ages. The fun Disney characters and prints on the outside of the bag is also seen beautifully crafted inside the bag as well, making it a must have for your young Disney lover and not to mention a good investment. Here are some other great prints you’ll find in their collection below:

The Disney by Heys Spinner Luggage Collection for teens and adults comes in three sizes: 22″, 26″ and 30″ weighing from 6.7 lbs to 11.bs. There is a total of 5 collections including: Mickey Squares, Mickey Magical World, Mickey & Friends Embossed Faces, Tinker Bell Flower, and Mickey Signature. They are also made of polycarbonate composite making it light for traveling and comes with a modern aluminum trolley system with TPR Grip handle. All Heys luggages have a 7 year Worldwide “Better Life” warranty.

Amy Butler by Kalencom with Founder Monica

If you haven’t ever heard of Amy Butler, you will soon be able to distinguish her design from a mile away. If you haven’t seen what amazing talent she has, you will soon become a fan of her work. And if you are infatuated with the unique, charming, versatile, and ingenious products that Kalencom produces, then you’ll be just as esctatic as we are. We are honored and excited to announce that Kalencom has teamed up with fabric and pattern designer Amy Butler to introduce their new line of beautiful bags, reflecting the designer’s Midwest modern style.

Amy Butler started her business in the late 1980s, designing passport sized bags out of fabrics and materials that she enjoyed collecting from all over the world. Her love for combining the eclectic has embodied her work into a culture in and of itself. Because her love for nature and art as an artist has deviated her from conventional trends, she has come to inspire many other artists to present their ideas and styles from a much more intimate and unique perspective.

Amy Butler Muriel Fuschia Tree Tomato

The new collection will consist of eco-friendly bags, including: lifestyle fashionable bags, totes, small luggage, wheeled carry-on, duffel, diaper bags, lingerie envelopes, laptop bag,  and complimenting accessories designed by Amy Butler herself.

The patterns and colors on these bags are extremely vivid, detailed, and just plain gorgeous! Her taste for color, stitching, patterns, and prints truly radiates from each finished product, both inside and out. Whether you’re traveling abroad or heading to the local grocery store, these bags make a fun and fashionable statement anywhere you go!  It is a quilter’s dream when you’re surrounded by and wearing these beautifully patterned pieces of what are essentially aesthetic paragons of art.

Here is a preview of the upcoming line. They will be available in November 2009 at www.leatherandbags.com! We can’t wait!!

Amy Butler for Kalencom Lifestyle

Sharp, stylish, sustainable, sleek, smart, and suitable for every lifestyle: that’s Sherpani in a nutshell. And packing your life into a nutshell is now made plausible with Sherpani’s Hemisphere Ultralight Expandable Upright Wheeled Luggage. Whether you are a frequent or seldom traveler, going overseas or over to another city, staying for a couple of months or a couple of days, the versatility of this wheeled luggage adapts its size and storage space according to the length of your stay.

Sherpani Hemisphere Wheeled Luggage

Many of us understand the difficulty of being unable to pack what we need without too much resistance from our luggage (and sometimes our husbands!) While suitcases or other duffel bags have been around for years and are sufficient for traveling, what is disabling about them is their efficacy with space flexibility. Often times such suitcases or duffel bags cannot be expanded or compressed because they come in a fixed size. However, Sherpani is always one step ahead, keeping in mind the significance of space never being wasted or forgotten.

With its three inch expandable option, the Hemisphere wheeled luggage gives you the choice of packing more or less. Having this option makes traveling not only easy, but less stressful, so that you have enough room to pack souvenirs for everyone on your way home from a trip, or you can compress your luggage because you’re coming back home with less, since you were able to give the gift you brought from home to your aunt for her birthday.

In addition, the high rebound polyester wheels, durable skid plates, and two stage retractable handle give you the ease and effortless mobility to stroll your way around the airport or train stop to your hotel, hostel, villa, or friend’s house. The internal main compartment consists of a mesh divider that keeps your folded clothes unwrinkled and separated from whatever else you wish to bring. But most importantly, Sherpani created the Hemisphere to be an eco recycled luggage, meaning it is made out of materials that are completely green and global conscious. Its non-toxic dyes and recycled aluminum account for 67% of this luggage’s construction.

Sherpani Hemisphere Wheeled Luggage

Available in black, rhubarb, sea mist, and palm, Sherpani gives you the tools necessary to make a statement about your stylish travel that is also supportive of environmental conservation.

Heys USA has gone green! Heys USA just recently launched first in a series of ‘ECO Friendly’ products, the EcoCase. The EcoCase has been selected as a featured product in the highly coveted ‘O LIST’ from the July 2009 issue of The Oprah Magazine.

Heys USA EcoCase featured on the O-List for July 2009

The EcoCase is made from 100% Recycled plastic. By utilizing recycled materials to create new durable goods, not only does it help to reduce the demand for new materials and new resources, but it also reduces materials that would otherwise fill a landfill, and all the while giving support to the Recycling industry as a whole.

Heys USA EcoCase in Pink

The Heys EcoCase is a Spinner set that is very durable, due to its flexible plastic material (ABS), that absorbs impacts. It is also lightweight, expandable, and is Heys USA first hardside luggage to have special ‘Piggy-Back’ straps – which are usually found on soft-sided luggage only. It has a fully lined interior with a built-in divider with a mesh pocket, and an internal telescopic handle system with a push-button locking system.

LeatherandBags.com now offers the Heys USA ‘ECO Friendly’ series EcoCase in Pink, Silver, Bronze and Black. Other colors: Turquoise, Silver and Red EcoCase will be in stock Late July 2009. Buy your EcoCase featured on the O-List today! It will exceed your expectations and is the buzz of the travel goods industry.