Interesting.

just another example of how subjective this stuff is. To me, I love their designs. I think the Tri-Star is a beautifully designed bag. I think it's far more attractive than virtually every piece of Briggs & Riley luggage I've seen, and most of the new Tumi stuff, too.

but I completely agree with the sentiment that no matter how strong the functionality or quality, if you don't enjoy looking at and using something, then it's probably not for you. Nice that we all have choices.