Our story
We started Marmelo with color and instinct. The first colors, pink and green, a kind of summer fever dream.
The knits are handmade using 100% merino wool. Heavy enough to feel grounded. Soft enough to wear on bare skin. Made to hold their shape and stay in your closet for a long time.
Where I'm from, we eat marmelada — a thick, sweet quince paste — with a slice of salty white cheese. Romeu e Julieta, we sometimes call it. Two things that shouldn't go together, that do.
Say the word out loud. Mar-MEH-loo. It's a round, soft word, the kind you say with your mouth full. Like the cardigans themselves: bulky, soft, a little playful.
And the fruit it's named after? Green on the outside, pink inside. We didn't plan that part.
At First
We started Marmelo with color and instinct. The first colors, pink and green, a kind of summer fever dream.
In the middle of summer, a little out of season. But we've never been very good at waiting for the "right" time.
Then
Where I'm from, we eat marmelada — a thick, sweet quince paste — with a slice of salty white cheese. Romeu e Julieta, we sometimes call it. Two things that shouldn't go together, that do.
Starting in a small studio, our goal was to imagine products that not only looked beautiful but also offered a feeling of unexpected.
Now
Here in San Francisco, the weather is a beautiful contradiction. Fog gives way to sunshine, warm afternoons end in cool ocean breezes, and even August calls for a sweater.
You might spend noon in a swimsuit and reach for a chunky knit before dinner. Marmelo was designed for that rhythm: pieces that move effortlessly between moments, seasons, and places.
Onwards
As we continue to grow, our mission remains the same: to gift us something we didn't know we were looking for.
Marmelo means quince. Mar means ocean.
For us, it means to create pieces that carry a sense of freshness, nurture, and flow. A feeling of coming home to a place you've never known before.
We hope to bring a little of that wonder home with you. 🍐
