Luggage with shells having varied depths

A luggage case, comprising:

• opposing sidewalls forming minor faces, opposing front and rear sidewalls forming major faces, and opposing top and bottom end walls together forming an article defining an enclosed space and defining a height dimension measured between the bottom and top end walls;
• a line of separation formed in said minor faces and end walls along which said article separates;
• a first portion of the line of separation extending along an upper portion of opposing minor faces at a location proximate the front major face, the line of separation also extending along the top end wall positioned therebetween;
• a second portion of the line of separation extending along a lower portion of said opposing minor faces in a direction away from the front major face and towards the other of rear major face;
• the first portion of the line of separation and the second portion of the line of separation extending in two different directions;
• at least one support element operably associated with said other of said opposing end walls;
• and
• a transition portion of the line of separation defined where the first portion and the second portion of the line of separation meet, a top end of the transition portion positioned at a location between 5% and 40% of the height dimension from the bottom end wall.