Original characters on real cotton
Modern Orange Pineapple started with a painted star. Then came a smoking alpaca. Then a pelican, who later (sometimes) wears a beanie. MOP is a small apparel brand from Morro Bay, California, built on a simple idea: clothes should be interesting to look at, and you should know what they're made of.
I design and art-direct the line. Some of the characters are my own, and some come from artists I collaborate with and license from. The artists I license from are credited by name and paid on every shirt sold:
- the Grind Beanie on the pelican: Janette Garcia
- the original painted star: Sunshine Austina
- the smoking alpaca's original drawing: Austin Maxwell
Our skies are real, too: summer clouds, a Gulf Coast beach, the Milky Way and images from space telescopes, each credited on its listing.
Every piece is made to order, so nothing sits in a warehouse and nothing gets thrown away unsold. Most of the line is 100% cotton. When something isn't, like the skater dress, the listing says so up front.
Thanks for stopping by. If a stranger stops you to say they love your shirt, that's the whole idea.