These smart travel accessories help overpackers save space

In her 1979 collection of essays, The White Album, Joan Didion shared her essential packing list. It is an exercise in minimalism and restraint (though, not too much restraint as she did include bourbon and cigarettes): two skirts, two jerseys, one pullover jumper, two pairs of shoes, a pair of stockings, one bra, one nightdress, a dressing gown, and slippers, revealing the renowned late author to be a true carry-on-only traveller. (Her downfall would have been the typewriter she insisted on…