Founded in 1987 Kipling has evolved into a distinctive, well known brand offering a range of bags for a variety of lifestyles. Its bags are effortlessly stylish, colourful and fun as well as practical and durable enough for even the most active individual. HQ is in New York City with products designed in Belgium and distributed in 55 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, South America and the USA.

Kipling, of course, has monkeys on all its bags; inspiration taken from the great tale of ‘The Jungle Book’ by famous author Rudyard Kipling. Monkeys, being symbols of fun and adventure, naturally became the brand's mascot and the monkey key ring was born. Every Kipling monkey is named after an employee and each collection has its own unique monkey. The monkey has definitely become a collector's item and one such collector is known to own no less than 425 monkeys!

Some other amazing statistics: 23 Kipling bags are sold every minute, somewhere in the world; more than 35 million people in the world now own at least one Kipling bag; there are more Kipling bags than there are people in Belgium!