John Emary 1870s, Emary and his son George Moore Emary (1850-1937) handed over control of Aquascutum to Scantlebury & Commin. John Emary John Emary (1810/11- ) was a British tailor and businessman, and the founder of the fashion brand Aquascutum. John Emary was born in Lullingstone, Kent in 1810/11. In 1851, Emary opened a menswear shop in London's Regent Street. Later in the 1850s, he patented a method of producing a water-repellent textile, and founded Aquascutum, using the Latin aqua (water) and scutum (shield). In the 1871 census, he was aged 60, and a "merchant tailor", living in Islington, with his wife
Sophia Loren part of the decade, including the "La Favorita" (1952). Carlo Ponti changed her name and public image to appeal to a wider audience as "Sophia Loren", being a twist on the name of the Swedish actress Märta Torén and suggested by Goffredo Lombardo. Her first starring role was in "Aida" (1953), for which she received critical acclaim. After playing the lead role in "Two Nights with Cleopatra" (1953), her breakthrough role was in "The Gold of Naples" (1954), directed by Vittorio De Sica. "Too Bad She's Bad", also released in 1954, and (La Bella Mugnaia) (1955) became the first of