Emma Gage launched MELKE in 2020, creating a gender-fluid collection through sustainable manufacturing practices of separates, outerwear, dresses, and knitwear.

The Minneapolis native seeks to empower those who wear the collection and encourage them to style the items to best showcase their identity.

The knitwear pieces are handcrafted in India in partnership with Knit One, Change One (KOCO), a sisterhood of artisans that breaks economic and education cycles and provides financial independence for women.

Prior to launching the brand, Gage studied fashion design and graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from Marist College. She was the two-time winner of the YMA Fashion Scholarship as well as the Kate Spade and Company Foundation Scholarship/

Her designs and work focus on luxury and high fashion within the realms of sustainability. MELKE is making its New York Fashion Week debut in February 2022 with the presentation of its upcoming Fall-Winter 2022 collection.

MELKE is sold on the brand’s e-commerce website www.melkenyc.com and in specialty stores worldwide.

Emma Gage currently resides in Brooklyn with Cleo, her French bulldog, and Joanne, her rabbit.