Rimowa’s move into pocket-sized goods isn’t new. We covered the Never Still small leather goods back in 2021, which included a full-grain passport cover and cardholder. Everything since has followed the same logic. Take the brand’s iconic design code built for checked baggage and shrink it down. The aluminum card holder landed in 2024, and so it only makes sense that travel-approved version would eventually land. Say hello to the Rimowa Aluminum Passport Holder.
The Clamp Does the Work
Most passport covers are a folded wallet with slots, and your passport bends to fit. Of course seeing that this is a hard-shell Rimowa, things work a bit differently.
A stainless steel clamp mounted inside the sleeve grips the book along its spine, so the passport sits flat and the cover never flexes around it. It’s sized to ICAO standard dimensions and still closes on the fatter frequent-flyer books stuffed with added visa pages.
Retrieval happens through a side opening rather than a flap, so you’re sliding it out sideways at the counter instead of prying a cover open one-handed.
Cologne, Not Italy
Here’s the part that’ll register with anyone who already owns the card holder. That one is made in Italy (like most of Rimowa’s small goods), but this one is crafted in Germany.
The grooves themselves are the design code Rimowa has used since 1950, borrowed from the corrugated fuselage of the Junkers F13 (the all-metal airliner that first flew in 1919).
Aluminum also has another inherent benefit over leather. It blocks both RFID and NFC readers from the chip inside.
Spec Sheet
Exterior: Grooved aluminum sleeve
Interior: Internal stainless steel clamp
Dimensions: 5″ x 3.5″ x 0.4″ (13 x 9 x 1 cm)
Weight: 3 oz (85 g)
Fit: ICAO standard passport dimensions, accommodates thicker frequent-flyer passports
Data Protection: RFID and NFC shielding
Access: Side opening
Origin: Crafted in Germany
Colorways: Silver, Black
Warranty: 2 years
Price: $285
Pricing & Availability
The Rimowa Aluminum Passport Holder is available now through Rimowa in silver (SKU 99190005) and black (SKU 99190004) for $285, packaged with a dedicated dust bag and box.
Recap
RIMOWA Aluminum Passport Holder
Rimowa wrapped a passport in the same grooved aluminum as its suitcases, with a stainless clamp inside and RFID blocking built in.
