JanSport Heritage

The year was 1967, the Summer of Love. The Summer three Seattle college grads were looking to avoid the confines of nine-to-five jobs: Skip, an outdoor enthusiast; Murray, an engineer; and Jan, a seamstress. Murray had won an award for an aluminum frame bag design and told Jan if she created a bag that sold, he'd marry her and name the company after her. She did. It did. And JanSport was born.

Forty-one years later, JanSport reignites the Summer of '67 with its new Heritage Series, a modern and honest re-issue of its original designs, reflecting the outdoor functionality and aesthetics at the core of the brand. These bright-colored bags feature an original JanSport woven label, weathered Cordura® and nylon fabrics, antique brass metal zippers, and classic seat belt webbing. "We're thrilled to invite consumers to journey back in time to 1967,' said Skip Yowell, co-founder of JanSport. 'The Heritage Series celebrates our outdoor authenticity and allows us to reconnect with consumers to help rediscover the groundbreaking designs that paved the way for JanSport's success some forty plus years ago'