What Author Claire Messud Brings in Her Carry-on
Summer getaway season is here, which means that you are going to need to bring some things with you. In a bag. To help us decide what to pack (and what to pack it in), we’ve enlisted some celebrities to tell us what they’re lugging. Today, thetravel essentialsof novelist Claire Messud, whose new bookThe Burning Girlcomes out in August. Welcome to My Carry-on.
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I cram a lot of stuff in my handbags. They need to be sturdy and capacious; but if they’re too big, they get unliftably heavy. Thistotecomes in a size that’s ideal.
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A pair of shoes dressy enough to wear to dinner, but comfortable enough that you can walk in all day. They also make me feel like my mom in 1975, which I like.
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For about a decade, I didn’tcolor my hair, because I couldn’t stand how quickly the gray roots made me look like a skunk. Luckily, there’s now a product — not unlike the colored hair spray from school plays of my youth — that covers them up well.
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Because you should begin as you intend to go on; and uncomfortableunderthingswill ruin it all. Last year, I discovered Land of Women bras and underpants — the most comfortable I know. I can’t recommend them highly enough.
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A smallnotebookto write down anything — shopping lists, overheard conversations, odd observations, lines of poetry.
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Long ago, I was given this really nice one, which I’m always afraid I’ll lose (though I haven’t, yet) … mostly, I steal them from hotels.
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I bring a good camera, because sometimes the iPhone isn’t actually what you want. I feel no pressure to be any good as a photographer (I’m not), and just take pictures that please me.
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