Founded in 1987 with its name inspired by Rudyard Kipling, the author of "The Jungle Book", Kipling has evolved beyond its original roots of providing high quality backpacks suited for the adventures of everyday life into a distinctive worldwide brand offering a range of carryalls for a variety of lifestyles.

Kipling bags are effortlessly stylish, colorful, and fun as well as practical and durable enough for even the most active individual.   They are headquarted in New York with products developed and designed all over the world. 

And what's with the monkey?  Whenever you think of Kipling, you think of the monkey.  Rudy Kipling's famous work "The Jungle Book" give Kipling the perfect connection to the monkey.  Monkeys are a symbol of fun and adventure, so the monkey naturally became the brand's mascot.  And not much later, it became the monkey key ring and every Kipling monkey is named after an employee from somewhere around the world.