My samsonite weekender bag is fuchsia and I love it. I impulse bought it at Macy's at some point, and to this day I regret not getting the spinner bag that went with it. Of course they do not come in fuchsia any more. Big bonus is that my husband isn't tempted to steal it (like he did with all my other luggage, LOL) for his own trips.

Woohoo, another vote for fuchsia!
I ordered it; if it blinds me I can just send it back.
And interesting, the days of great matching luggage sets (which I got for HS graduation as did many friends) are gone; usually want to be picky and one size may be good and another not, or of course year to year the color options change, and then also might not plan to use items together, but for different kinds of trips.

So I brought home a couple of bags from TJMaxx to play with, but it is such a weird deal. These would be "brand name," but not the main product lines --meaning, lower quality made for the discount store market. So will that be penny-wise/pound foolish? Most are pushing 23.5 " with the wheels but that is similar to higher-end "carryon" bags that also ignore the wheels, so my though was it is in fact a shorter-term product to be re-evaluated over time as size restrictions play out. As in rachy's recommendation that luggage may not be such a long-term investment these days.
One of them is a nifty color of burgundy + gray + black, Travelpro but with a small wheelbase that I think may be tippy, so likely it will have to go back, but just needed to see it at home instead of messing around in store further.

Also found a tinier bag, not as common in the discount store, but is only 20", to get an idea of really small capsule packing! I'm interested in this concept but also in re-thinking the "carryon" bag + underseat or tote bag, in which the tote bag becomes more integral to the actual luggage and carries maybe the lightest clothes as well, or re-distributing what is in what. This is not a new concept but would be for me, with a small bag and a tote designed for more luggage functionality.

A problem I see is that you can't get real reviews of these products the way you can with the "official" luggage series. These are not the ones reviewed in the travel blogs.

Totally caught in a wormhole here, but plugging away.

Such a timely post again, Unfrumped!

I think I may just check my bag when I go on vacation in May. Love the idea of a fuschia luggage! It wil standout in the sea of black and be easy to find

A a Sidenote... Was reading through the replies to your post and read Carla's about bringing a tape measure. I thought she meant she carried one with her to the airport to show the flight attendant her bag met requirements haha! I was thinking, wow maybe I should do this, as I imagined dumping the contents of my carryon in front of the gate and whipping out my tape measure to argue that no! My carryon is 20" wheels and all, even if it doesn't quite fit into the magic box!

Then I read the rest of the posts and went oh, Duh. It's to take with you when shopping for new luggage. I'm a little embarrassed haha!

Update: for this trip I have found a Ricardo 2- wheel bag, For now I'm not diving into spinners. I like this bag's size, handles on 3 sides--I can grip and maneuver it well, and am good with " dragging" not pushing for now. Also was leery of wheel breakage though better bags may have less of that. Its22" total and more of that is bag.
This would be too big or pack too heavy for strict International travel but okay for my needs. For now I didn't get my " color" ; this is a very dark gray, not black though. I had to part with some nice colors in favor of the function. Very interesting to compare; each one will have something or not.

IKWYM about the colors. My best bag (carry-on size spinner) is ... wait for it... BROWN. But it really is the best bag so I live with the fact that it's the color of poop. =P It came from TJ Maxx so no color choices. At least there are not too many other brown bags on the luggage belts.

(To add insult to injury, a little while later my sister found the same bag in black with orange trim. Would SO have preferred that one. Oh well.)

A little off topic, but I'm not 100% sold on the spinner wheels, only because one broke off of my brand new Samsonite bag en route from Mexico. I dragged my non spinner bags from piller to post without incident, but the spinner failed on its maiden voyage.