- Eastpak
Eastpak is a brand of packs, bags, luggage and clothing owned by VF Corporation, one of the world's largest
apparel companies.Fact|date=February 2008History
Eastern Canvas Products, as the brand was first known, was established in 1960 by Monte Goldman and produced bags for the
armed forces . In 1976 Monte, after persuasion from his son Mark, began producing bags for consumers under the Eastpak name. The brand quickly gained popularity, especially on college and university campuses.Eastpak has more recently diversified into apparel and accessories whilst keeping backpacks and other bags as its core focus.
In 2000 the Eastpak brand was acquired by VF Corporation, the clothing and apparel giant, where it joined other brands such as
Jansport ,The North Face , and Wrangler in VF Corporation's vast range.In June 2006 Eastpak released three special
backpack s designed by rock starsOzzy Osbourne ,Lemmy , and Slash. 10% of the proceeds will go to a charity chosen by the artists themselves.In September 2006 Eastpack had special
backpack s for the german serial " [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_drei_%3F%3F%3F Die drei ???] " (The Three Investigators ). On the classical Eastpack-Orbit-Backpack was the logo of the serial. This backpackes was only for a raffle from the german publishing-house " [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos-Verlag Kosmos] ".External links
* [http://www.eastpak.com/ Eastpak] official website
* [http://www.vfc.com/index.php/ VF Corporation]
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