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ABOUT
Nice to meet you. We make bags. This started in 2021. Actually, kind of in the 90's. Let's walk it back...
Our founder, Morgan Jensen is based in Los Angeles, but hails from the vast valleys of Arizona. Before she stomped on an industrial pedal, she was a nanny, a model, a student, an illustrator, a celebrity doppelgänger, a taco server, and a music-industry roadie. Now, her art takes the captain's seat while her colorful past drives the inspiration.
Early on, Morgan possessed a knack for dressing in strange and strong choices, a disdain for standard beauty practices, and a fixation on her costume-making, mural-painting mom's careful habits. With the eye of a hawk, she noted the importance of frivolity, and the equally vital practices of skill and luck.
Morgan's style would evolve as she'd attempt to fit the mold of a fashion model, ultimately rubber-banding back to her original, obscure nature.
Mom always called her Momo, a nickname that stayed between them until 2021.
The bag making obsession took hold in 2021, when Momo turned a spring-closet-clean-out into the first collection of one-of-a-kind bags. She rented a friend's DTLA warehouse, built 13 pedestals out of milk crates, and threw an art show / dance party on her twenty-eighth birthday.
After cranking out collection two, Momo traveled to NYC where she pedaled her bags in various snooty boutiques until one took an interest. Thirteen Crosby has since sold every momo bag out of their SOHO shop.
In 2022, Momo ventured to Florence, Italy to study the origins of bag-making and leather work under the expertise of Signora Giuliana Fortini.
LET'S MAKE SOMETHING FUN.
Our forte is luxury handbags, but the buck does not stop there. Momo is unafraid of a challenge. If you have a unique project in mind that is outside of our aforementioned scope, we're interested. Put these hands to work! PAST CLIENTS include b1, Nike, Vans, USC, David LaChapelle, Phlemuns, and GASP Zine. If you're marginally curious or absolutely frothing to see just how fun customization through upcycling can be. . .
Momo's creative endeavors took her on tour with AJR and then Kesha, the work that inspired the Beltbag. This is the fun part. Traveling the world has sparked an avalanche of ideas. Until summer of 2026, every bag was made by Momo alone, but we're just getting started.
Our aim is to forge a new path in the way we accessorize, and to make bags that work as hard as they play.
