About Mo Bacchus

 

We design for women who are constantly on the move — ambitious, intentional, and effortlessly cool.
The kind of woman whose confidence arrives before she does.
The kind of woman who becomes her own icon.

Where It All Began

Portobello Market was where Mo began — and where she learned everything.
It was her school of style, instinct, and individuality. Among the vintage stalls and fashion rebels, the brand found its voice:
classic with an edge, quiet luxury, style rebel cool.

The Bags

One-of-a-kind pieces made from remnant leathers — unexpected combinations that turn nothing into something unforgettable.

Classic silhouettes made from specially ordered skins — refined through repetition, familiar yet full of presence.

Each bag is designed to move with you.
To feel right on your back, to catch your eye when you set it down, to remind you — in a glance — of what you’re working toward.

Our Philosophy

This is style with substance.
This is quiet luxury with a rebel edge.
This is where imagination begins, and your style becomes real.

The Designer

Mo Bacchus began as a little girl who felt the magic of getting dressed.
Seven years old, fully present in her Sunday best — elevated by a white puff sleeve blouse her mother had sewn with love. She’d sneak it out of the drawer to wear to school, drawn to the feeling it gave her: composed, confident, seen.

Her mother, new to the country, saved from small wages to make sure her children wore leather shoes — a quiet act of dignity and care.
Her grandmother, a woman of style and strength, taught her to sew, made a living from her hands, and helped her daughter buy a home.

Style was never just about clothes. It was about presence, pride, and possibility.

Mo trained as a dancer, performed in Italy, and began a lifelong relationship with style — subscribing to Vogue at 15, writing letters to herself about fashion, and always sewing on the side.
When she hung up her dancing shoes and became a mother, she went back to school to study business, worked in the city, and discovered the power of dressing with intention.

Fashion was always there, quietly waiting.

A part-time design course brought it all together. A ready-to-wear project required a handbag — and something clicked.
She started making bags from scraps — remnants from her grandmother’s reduced bins — giving them as birthday gifts to friends.
One friend insisted she take them to Portobello Market. She did. And she never looked back.

Handbag-making taught me more than craft — it taught me patience, ambition, and empathy for every woman building something from the ground up.

Mo Bacchus is the result of that journey — composed from memory, movement, and a lifelong love of style.