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Byline: Jane Herman
In French it sort of means 'a knot in the hair,' " says Melissa Del Bono of the name she's given her line of simple, slouchy handbags. Meli' Melo', she explains, is something that's delightfully messy and mixed, like, say, a glamour girl's overbooked schedule, or a tangle that her logo's cheeky monkeys would make if left to their own devices. It is also, not coincidentally, Del Bono's nickname.
"The Meli' Melo' girl goes from work to the gym to dinner and then stays out all night dancing at Boujis," says the 26-year-old London-based designer. "She can fit an entire day and night-her flats, her heels, her books, her shopping bags-into her Meli' Melo' tote."
Raised in the Aeolian Islands off the southern ...