About Us

Who Are We?

We started Klee and Co. in a tiny LA studio with one rule: if it doesn’t feel like a hug, it doesn’t belong on a baby. My sister had just had her first kid—our nephew, Leo—and every romper we bought either bunched up, scratched his neck, or looked like it was designed by a committee of accountants. So we said screw it. We’d make our own.


I’m a former merch buyer for a big-box kidswear chain (think fluorescent lighting and polyester mountains), and my co-founder, Mara, spent eight years cutting patterns for a boutique label in Portland. Between us we knew exactly what not to do. No scratchy seams. No toxic dyes. No “cute” that only lasts until the first wash. We sourced the softest premium cotton blend we could find and built every piece around real baby bodies.

The name? Klee comes from Paul Klee, the painter who turned scribbles into magic. Leo used to grab my phone and smear fingerprints across the screen; those smudges looked like tiny abstract masterpieces. One night Mara joked, “We should just call the brand after his art attacks.” So we did.


We’re still small—twelve styles, one warehouse, and a dog named Pickles who “helps” with quality control (mostly by napping on the samples). Every order ships from the same folding table where we mocked up the first prototype. If you write us a note, chances are one of us will scribble back on the packing slip.
That’s it. No grand mission, no buzzwords. Just really good rompers that let babies be babies—and parents breathe a little easier.

-Jess & Mara