Lately I've been shunning my heavy expensive leather purses for lightweight ones, and Kipling has become my favorite purse brand for this. My shoulders have been sighing in relief!
I only know of the Citadel Kipling and Ontario Mills Kipling outlet stores. Another one is in Vegas.
This particular store is a decent size, and have plenty of styles and fun prints to choose from. Purses usually range from $15-$40 after sales. There are also plenty of coin purses, wallets, clutches, fanny packs, backpacks, baby bags and more.
The only thing I didn't like about this store is that there's only ONE mirror. You'll have to keep going to the back to look at yourself and it's also a storage door, so employees keep on opening/closing the mirror door.
Each bag comes with a signature monkey figurine that hangs from the bag. I didn't realize each of them has a different name until I looked closer at their body tags. Details like this makes me appreciate the brand even more and the ugly monkeys grew on me.
While the Kipling styles and prints are both practical and fun, the zipper is the star of the bags. They're thick, very smooth zippers and have no chance of getting zipper disease. And as mentioned before, all the bags are SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT.
I've gotten 3 purses from this store, and there will definitely be more purchases. :D
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