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 Grandi 1944, was one of the promoter and signer of the Pact of Rome which originated the "unified CGIL" and was the germ of all post war Italian the trade-unionism. In the August 1944 he founded the Associazioni Cristiane dei Lavoratori Italiani (ACLI) becoming just for 6 months its president. As member of Democrazia Cristiana in 1946 was elected at the Constituent Assembly of Italy. He died two months later in Desio nearby Milan, aged 63. Achille Grandi Achille Grandi (August 24, 1883 – September 28, 1946) was an Italian politician trade unionist and a catholic-syndicalist. Grandi was born in Como,