Our founder, Avery, lives a race against time: Monday in New York, Wednesday in San Francisco, and Friday possibly back in Chicago. However, behind this frequent short business trips lies a perpetual problem—the "backpack dilemma."

"I was fed up with traveling like a porter," Avery recalled. "I had to carry a suit bag for my suits, a laptop backpack for work, and sometimes a gym bag or a separate shoe bag. One hand was holding a coffee, the other was on the phone, and my suit bag would always inexplicably slip off my shoulder. Worse, even with the suit bag, my shirts and suits would still get wrinkled after a long flight and turbulence. I was deeply embarrassed to present a pair of crushed shoes to a client."