“(Brandy) was this American girl, and Melville was this English guy. They fell in love in Rome. … It was a cute love story,” Longo said. Silvio Marsan, the founder of Brandy ...

Named after two fictional characters — Brandy, an American girl, and Melville, an Englishman — who fell in love in Rome, the line has developed a loyal following among teenagers who arrive by ...

It's a mashup of the names of two made-up characters — an American lady (Brandy) who fell in love with some English guy (Melville) in Rome. This is based off nothing other than Marsan's weird ...