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May Martin
May Martin, English sewing teacher and author, judged The Great British Sewing Bee with Patrick Grant in series 1-3 (2013-15); wrote May Martin's Sewing Bible and left before series four, replaced by Esme Young.
May Morris
May Morris, born Mary Morris (1862–1938), was an English Arts and Crafts designer, daughter of William Morris, who ran Morris & Co.'s embroidery department from 1885.
Maya ceramics
Maya ceramics: the hand-built pottery of the ancient Maya from the Preclassic to Postclassic, including Classic polychrome and codex-style vessels, type-variety classification, chocolate drinking, Maya blue pigment, and their central role in Maya chronology.
Maya textile weaving
Maya textile weaving is the traditional hand production of cloth by Maya people of Mexico and Central America, woven by women on the backstrap loom.
Maye Musk
Maye Musk (born 1948), Canadian-South African model and registered dietitian, mother of Elon Musk; CoverGirl's oldest spokesmodel at 69, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover at 74, author of A Woman Makes a Plan.
MCM Worldwide
MCM Worldwide (Modern Creation München) is a German luxury leather goods house founded in Munich in 1976 by Michael Cromer, known for its cognac Visetos monogram and brass-plate bags, owned by Korea's Sungjoo Group since 2005 and headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.
Meadow Walker
Meadow Walker (Meadow Rain Walker Thornton-Allan, born 1998) is an American model, daughter of Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker. Opened Givenchy AW21, walked Balenciaga and Acne Studios, and leads the Paul Walker Foundation for ocean conservation.
Meat dress of Lady Gaga
The meat dress of Lady Gaga: a raw flank-steak outfit by Franc Fernandez and Nicola Formichetti worn at the 2010 MTV VMAs to protest "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", later taxidermied and displayed in Las Vegas.
Medical glove
Medical gloves: disposable examination, surgical, and chemotherapy gloves regulated as FDA Class I devices. Invented 1890 by Halsted for nurse Caroline Hampton; powdered gloves banned in 2016.
Meesho
Meesho (Meesho Limited, formerly Fashnear Technologies) is India's largest e-commerce marketplace by Annual Transacting Users and Placed Orders. Founded December 2015 by Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal, it uses a zero-commission seller model, the Valmo logistics platform, and listed via a $603 million IPO in 2025.
Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel
PM MITRA (Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel), also called PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks, is India's Ministry of Textiles scheme for seven integrated textile mega-parks in seven states with Rs 4,445 crore outlay, 5F farm-to-foreign vision, and SPV-based PPP delivery.
Mehndi
Mehndi (henna body art) is temporary skin decoration using Lawsonia inermis paste, whose lawsone dye stains hands and feet reddish-brown for one to three weeks; distinguished from unsafe PPD-based black henna.
Meissen porcelain
Meissen porcelain: hard-paste porcelain from the Meissen manufactory near Dresden, founded 1710 by Augustus the Strong; first made in Europe in 1708 by Boettger and Tschirnhaus using Saxon kaolin; crossed-swords mark since 1722.
Mekhela chador
Mekhela chador (মেখেলা চাদৰ) is the traditional two-piece dress of Assamese women: a skirt-like mekhela and a draped chador, worn at Bihu, weddings, and ceremonies.
Melissa Satta
Melissa Satta, Italian showgirl, model, and TV presenter born in Boston in 1986 to Sardinian parents; velina on Striscia la notizia 2005-2008, Tiki Taka co-presenter, ex-wife of Kevin-Prince Boateng, host of the podcast The Long Game.
Melyssa Ford
Melyssa Savannah Ford, Canadian media personality and former video vixen born 1976 in Toronto; discovered by Little X in 1997; known for Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin'", Bravo's Blood, Sweat & Heels, and the Joe Budden Podcast and Hot & Bothered shows.
Menhera (メンヘラ)
Menhera (メンヘラ) is Japanese internet slang from "mental health" + "-er", coined on 2channel's mental health board in August 2000; now a derogatory label for unstable people, a character archetype, and a yami-kawaii fashion subculture.
Mercury dime
Mercury dime (Winged Liberty Head dime), U.S. ten-cent coin 1916–1945 by Adolph A. Weinman; 90% silver, fasces reverse, key dates 1916-D, 1921, 1921-D, replaced 1946 by Roosevelt dime.
Mere pounamu
Mere pounamu are short hand clubs carved by Māori from pounamu, New Zealand nephrite jade, and were the most valuable greenstone items in traditional Māori society.
Merkin
A merkin, also called a pelvic toupée, is a pubic wig, first recorded in English in 1617 and used today mainly in film and theater nude scenes.
Meroitic pottery
Meroitic pottery is the ceramic ware of the Meroitic period of the Kingdom of Kush, about 300 BC to AD 350, combining Egyptian and Hellenistic motifs with Nubian forms.
Mervyn's
Mervyn's (Mervyns) was a California midrange department store chain founded by Mervin G. Morris in 1949, owned by Dayton Hudson/Target 1978-2004, then Cerberus, Sun Capital and Lubert-Adler; it filed bankruptcy in July 2008, liquidated all stores by January 2009, and the name was relaunched as an online-only store.
Mia Tyler
Mia Tyler (Mia Abagale Tallarico), born 1978 in Lebanon, New Hampshire, is an American plus-size model, actress, author, and photographer, daughter of Steven Tyler and Cyrinda Foxe and half-sister of Liv Tyler; H&M campaign face, 2008 memoirist, RIFF exhibitor.
Michael Cardew
Michael Cardew (1901–1983) was an English studio potter who trained with Bernard Leach, ran Winchcombe Pottery in Gloucestershire from 1926, and founded the Pottery Training Centre at Abuja in Nigeria.
Michael Costello (fashion designer)
Michael Costello, American fashion designer and Project Runway season 8 contestant (2010, fourth place), known for celebrity-worn evening gowns, his Revolve and Saks Fifth Avenue lines, and 2023 photo-alteration allegations.
Michael James (quilt artist)
Michael James (born 1949, New Bedford, Massachusetts), also Michael F. James, is an American studio quilt artist and author of The Quiltmaker's Handbook who helped establish the art quilt movement, taught at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and returned to painting in 2024.
Michael Kors
Michael Kors, born Karl Anderson Jr. in 1959, is the American designer of the namesake luxury brand founded in 1981, a former Celine creative director, Project Runway judge, and CFDA award winner, now owned by Capri Holdings.
Michèle Lamy
Michèle Lamy (born 1944, Jura, France) is a French cultural entrepreneur, former criminal defense lawyer, restaurateur, and artist; wife and business partner of Rick Owens, co-founder of Owenscorp, creator of Lamyland, HUNROD jewelry, and the band LAVASCAR.
Microblading
Microblading, also called eyebrow embroidery or micro-stroking, is a semi-permanent cosmetic tattooing technique using a handheld row of fine needles to deposit pigment in hair-like brow strokes, lasting up to about 3 years.
Microfiber
Microfiber is a synthetic textile fiber finer than 1 denier or dtex, typically 0.1 to 1.0 dtex, made as polyester-polyamide blends for cleaning cloths, sportswear, filtration, and insulation; the term also covers plastic microfibers shed during laundry, a major microplastic source.