I obsessed about finding the perfect briefcase—to the point of spending countless hours testing as many briefcases as I could get my hands on, researching dozens more, and combing over hundreds of ...

And it’s not just the kitchen that Larsson finds inspiring. So far, she has made dresses out of leather briefcases, baguette bags out of belt buckles, and clutch purses from equestrian riding boots.

Hours before British diplomat and Soviet double agent Guy Burgess defected to Russia on May 25, 1951 he left behind two briefcases at a private member’s club in Pall Mall. Burgess left strict ...