We are,

Creating exceptional leather accessories with highly skillful craft, using hands as main set of tool, telling our stories of our lifetimes intimately. Our visual language is minimal at times poetic. Filling the landscape carefully with clean lines and forms that are timeless, speaking true to brand’s narrative. Melete studio runs with its own creative rhythm. The studio creates away from the commercial market calendar, its creation is generated by chosen concept.

Brand creator, Ji Lee was born in Seoul Korea educated in NYC with BFA and MFA in 3D studio arts. Worked professionally in fashion for over 2 decades as an accessory design lead in NYC and Philly. Her major move from Korea to NYC at a young age, along with exposure to indie films, visual arts and lots of people encountered along the way, provided founding inspiration to become the designer she is today. Melete studio is currently based in Philadelphia, PA.

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