Why it belongs in ORBIS
DeMellier was founded by Mireia Llusià-Lindh, a Barcelona-born, London-based designer with an MBA from Harvard Business School who previously worked as a strategy advisor to luxury houses including Burberry and LVMH.
DeMellier was founded by Mireia Llusià-Lindh, a Barcelona-born, London-based designer with an MBA from Harvard Business School who previously worked as a strategy advisor to luxury houses including Burberry and LVMH. The brand's name fuses 'De,' drawn from her Spanish family lineage, with 'Mellier,' from a French-descended branch of her family. Its founding premise was a handbag 'with no compromises' — pieces conceived to be modern and rigorously made, ethically and sustainably sourced, yet still attainable, with every model handcrafted in vetted European factories. DeMellier built a direct-giving model into its retail structure from the outset: a portion of every purchase funds vaccines and treatments intended to save the life of a child in need, a mechanism the brand foregrounds rather than treats as incidental philanthropy. Signature styles include the structured Vancouver tote and the compact Nano Montreal, both built around the same ethically-made, no-compromise brief. The company has grown into a recognized name in accessible luxury leather goods built explicitly around social impact, positioning craftsmanship, sustainability, and charitable purpose as inseparable parts of the same design brief rather than a marketing layer added afterward.