Yak Pak Knife Bag Views
Urban Apparel Magazine first ran across the folks from Yak Pak at the MAGIC show this past February 2010. We were first lured to their booth by the creative wallets bundled into the swag bags handed to attendees of the POOL show held concurrent and adjacent to the main MAGIC happenings. Immediately, we were drawn to their fabulous designs for back packs, travel bags, wallets, messenger bags, and an assortment of other goodies.
Not wanting to leave this gem unpolished, we returned to the Yak Pak headquarters in a swanky part of New York City. Katie Murphy, their PR Manager walked us through a wide range of their goodies, which we ’ll only do some justice summarizing below. The company was started in 1989 by a college student (out of his dorm room, no less) who sensed that there was an opportunity to innovate and improve the fashion of the common backpack. To this enterprising student, r“a bag isn’t just something you carry, it’s something you wear.e”
From these humble beginnings, Yak Pak grew to create the first micro and mini backpacks, DJ bags, origami bags, cross body shoulder bags, and now their billboard bags, wallets, and even cases to carry chef/’s knives. The biggest area of innovation was that Yak Pak pioneered the trend in bringing fashionable prints to the backpack market away from boring solid colors.
Yak Pak focuses on function and fashion. Nearly every Yak Pak piece is manufactured in an El Salvador factory, where the employees and the environment are well-cared for. Yak Pak knife cases are carefully stitched with pride. Each knife case is made from durable, water-resistant fabric. Twelve individual pockets hold knives, and an additional interior pocket holds accessories. Design is Purple Check.
Yak Pak Knife Bag Images
