Looking for a shoulder bag? The Kipling Defea bag has no equal

The time might have come for you to buy a nice, big, commodious shoulder bag, something that is just as capable of storing all of your sports stuff for that trip to the gym as it is your haul of books for that visit to the university library, or even a change of clothes for a pleasant weekend break. Is the best that you can expect of such a bag something cold, dull and dependable? Definitely not! If there's anything that the Kipling Defea bag shows, for instance, it's that practicality needn't come at the expense of panache.

That panache takes many forms with the Kipling Defea bag, not least the small furry monkey keyring that comes with every single Kipling bag. Why a monkey, we hear you ask? Well, that has much to do with the brand itself being named after Rudyard Kipling, the great author of The Jungle Book. Never underestimate the collectability of these keyrings, which differ across each and every Kipling bag. There's even someone out there with 425 of them...

But of course, there are many other nice touches making the Kipling Defea bag so stylish, not least the high quality crinkle nylon material and wide range of available colours. The latter is typical of Kipling bags as a whole, and in the case of the Defea bag, includes everything from the classic Black and evergreen Expresso Brown to the classy Caffe Latte and deep Mineral Blue. That's without reckoning with some of the odder available patterns, like Monkeymania Sky or Triangle Tr Print, that'll really make you a star of the pavement catwalk.

We've not even yet outlined possibly the best thing about this round shaped handbag: how darned practical it is. How could it be anything less, with such features as a removable and adjustable shoulder strap and zipped main compartment, the latter including not only another zipped pocket, but also a key hanger, three pen pockets, a cell phone pocket and iPod pocket?

There are also two small zipped pouch pockets on the front of the bag, one of them with a diagonally zipped front compartment and the other boasting a front compartment of its own with a flap with Velcro closure. Owners of the Kipling Defea bag can also take advantage of a zipped back pocket and two side pockets with a Velcro closure.

Tempted to place your order? We reckon you should be - and RTherapy is the best online store on which to place it, being an extremely long-established authorised retailer of Kipling handbags.

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