Max Mara Max Mara Max Mara is an Italian fashion business. It markets up-market ready-to-wear clothing. It was established in 1951 in Reggio Emilia by Achille Maramotti (7 January 1927 – 12 January 2005). In March 2008, the company had 2,254 stores in 90 countries. It sponsors the Max Mara Art Prize for Women. Achille Maramotti began designing couture clothing in 1947, and officially established the House of Max Mara in 1951. The "Mara" came from his surname, while "Max" referred to Count Max, a local character who was seldom sober but always stylish. Maramotti was one of the first to see
Achille Vertunni entertained the crowned heads of Europe, renowned musicians as well as political figures such as General La Marmora. Tragically, the constant use of lead-based pigments, which, like many painters he mixed by hand, gradually poisoned the artist, who suffered progressive paralysis over the final 20 years of his life. His wife Guendalina, and his two youngest daughters, Giuseppina and Pia, cared for the painter until his death, in 1897. Among his pupils were Pio Joris and Pietro Barucci. Among Vertunni's works are: Achille Vertunni Achille Vertunni (Naples, March 1826 –1897) was an Italian painter. Vertunni was a Neapolitan nobleman who