
Liebeskind Berlin.
Melanie Kieback loves to collect stories. Better known online as Mel or ‘Vanellimelli’, the Berlin-based photographer, blogger, model and vintage obsessive returns to Liebeskind Berlin for Autumn/Winter 2026 – this time turning her attention to the pieces she would actually want to carry through the season. Following her appearance in Schön! 49, where she talked about her long-term projects and life from a blogger’s perspective, Kieback brings that same instinct for individuality straight to ‘Mel’s Edit’.
Shot in a Berlin Schrebergarten, the campaign finds the perfect setting for a collection built around the meeting point between memory and the present. The familiar allotment landscape adds a personal quality to the imagery, placing Liebeskind Berlin’s latest bags in the reality of everyday city life. It feels incredibly right for a brand whose identity has always been tied to Berlin itself: independent, casual and a little bit unconventional.

Liebeskind Berlin.

Liebeskind Berlin.
For AW26, that idea of contemporary nostalgia runs through the entire collection. Archive-inspired silhouettes return in softer materials and warmer tones, while relaxed proportions give the bags an effortless, lived-in quality.
At the heart of Mel’s edit is the Lucy, an archive silhouette that has been brought back in a larger, slouchy form. Reimagined for the present, the bag is available in soft suede and Pebble leather with a vintage-inspired finish and is currently featured across the brand’s collections in various sizes and finishes.
The Frieda takes the opposite approach. Compact and rounded, the bag introduces a more playful silhouette, with softly falling fringes adding movement to its otherwise neat proportions. Available in two sizes and crafted in recycled suede or smooth leather, it works as an easy crossbody for days when carrying everything you own is simply not an option.

Liebeskind Berlin.

Liebeskind Berlin.
Then there is the Kayla, a dependable satchel that manages to move between settings without requiring an outfit change. The smaller version works neatly from day into evening, while the larger format has enough room to become an everyday office companion. For AW26, the archive favourite returns in recycled suede and glossy distressed patent leather, giving the familiar structure a distinctly seasonal finish.
The Liebeskind Berlin Autumn/Winter 2026 collection and Mel’s Edit are available now online and in stores. Find out more here.
photography. courtesy of Liebeskind Berlin
words. Gennaro Costanzo











