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Mackintosh
Mackintosh: rubberised raincoat invented by Scottish chemist Charles Macintosh, first sold in Glasgow in 1823; bonded-cotton fabric, generic "mac", brand now owned by Japan's Yagi Tsusho.
Macramé
Macramé is a loomless textile technique that knots cords into coarse lace or fringe, popular under Queen Victoria and revived in the 1960s and 1970s.
Macron (sportswear)
Macron is a Bologna-based Italian sportswear company founded in 1971, specializing in teamwear and technical sponsorships for football and rugby clubs, national teams, UEFA referees, and World Rugby, with 2025 revenue of €244.4 million.
Macy's
Macy's is the American department store chain founded by Rowland H. Macy in New York in 1858, flagship nameplate of Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M), known for its Herald Square store and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and executing the Bold New Chapter turnaround of about 150 store closures.
Macy's, Inc.
Macy's, Inc. (formerly Federated Department Stores) is the American holding company behind Macy's, Bloomingdale's, and Bluemercury, NYSE ticker M. It ran 665 stores with $21.8 billion fiscal 2025 net sales and is executing the 2024 Bold New Chapter closure strategy.
Mădălina Diana Ghenea
Mădălina Diana Ghenea, Romanian actress and fashion model born 1987 in Slatina, known for Gattinoni runway work, Sophia Loren in House of Gucci, and the lead in Deep Fear (2023).
Made in USA
Made in USA is a U.S. country-of-origin labeling and advertising claim. Under FTC rules, an unqualified claim requires a product be 'all or virtually all' made in the United States, codified in the 2021 Made in USA Labeling Rule, 16 CFR Part 323.
Madeira wine
Madeira wine (vinho da Madeira) is a Portuguese fortified wine, 17-22% vol., from Madeira island, aged with heat (estufagem or canteiro), in dry Sercial to sweet Malvasia styles, famously long-lived.
Madeleine (cake)
Madeleine (cake): small French sponge cake from Commercy, Lorraine, baked in a scallop-shell mold with a signature hump; famed for Proust's In Search of Lost Time episode and the Madeleine Paulmier origin legend.
Madeleine Vionnet
Madeleine Vionnet (1876–1975) was a French couturier who perfected the bias-cut dress, which clung to the body without corsetry and transformed fashion in the 1920s and 1930s.
Madeline Mulqueen
Madeline Mulqueen, Irish model from Limerick, known for the Rubberbandits' Horse Outside video, the Transformers: Age of Extinction red carpet tour in Irish designs, engagement to Jack Reynor, and later career as a stills and nature photographer.
Madhampatty Rangaraj
Madhampatty Rangaraj, also known as Rangaraj Thangavelu, is a caterer and actor. He grew his business to serve 600 weddings annually and debuted in Mehandi Circus in 2019.
Madhu Sapre (मधु सप्रे)
Madhu Sapre (मधु सप्रे), born 1971 in Nagpur, is an Indian model, Femina Miss India 1992 winner and Miss Universe 1992 second runner-up, India's leading 1990s supermodel, known for the 1995 Tuff shoes ad controversy and film Boom.
Madhur Jaffrey (मधुर जाफ़री)
Madhur Jaffrey (मधुर जाफ़री), born 1933, is an Indian-born actress and cookbook author in New York whose 1973 An Invitation to Indian Cooking and 1982 BBC series brought regional Indian cooking to British and American home cooks; she has written over 30 cookbooks and won seven James Beard Awards.
Madison Marsh
Madison Marsh, Miss America 2024, is a US Air Force second lieutenant and first active-duty service member to win the crown; Air Force Academy physics graduate, Harvard Kennedy School student, pancreatic cancer foundation co-founder.
Madras (cloth)
Madras cloth: lightweight yarn-dyed plain-weave checked cotton hand woven in South India, named for Madras (Chennai). Known for bleeding vegetable dyes, Atlantic slave-trade currency, Caribbean national dress, and American preppy shirting.
Maggi
Maggi, Swiss food brand founded by Julius Maggi in 1884 (seasoning, soups, bouillon cubes, 2-Minute Noodles), owned by Nestlé since the 1947 Alimentana merger; dominant instant-noodle brand in India.
Maghrebi mint tea
Maghrebi mint tea (atay, Moroccan mint tea) is a sweet green tea of gunpowder tea, fresh spearmint (nana), and sugar, poured from height; a hospitality ritual across Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia since the 18th century.
Magnum (ice cream)
Magnum is a premium chocolate-coated ice cream bar launched by Unilever's Wall's brand in 1989, known for its cracking shell and the 'Nothing Cracks Like Magnum' campaign; it is now a flagship brand of The Magnum Ice Cream Company, listed in December 2025.
Maharashtra Day
Maharashtra Day (महाराष्ट्र दिन, Maharashtra Din), also called Maharashtra Diwas, is observed 1 May, marking the state's 1960 creation from bilingual Bombay State after the Samyukta Maharashtra movement; it shares the date with Labour Day.
Maharashtrian cuisine
Maharashtrian (Marathi) cuisine, the regional food of Maharashtra, India: rice and jowar/bajra staples, Malwani, Kolhapuri, Saoji, and Khandeshi regional styles, thali structure, and spice blends like goda masala.
Mai An Tiêm
Mai An Tiêm is the hero of a Vietnamese legend of the Hùng Vương era, recorded in the 1492 anthology Lĩnh Nam chích quái, that explains the origin of the watermelon in Vietnam.
Mai Tai
Mai Tai: classic tiki rum sour created by Trader Vic in Oakland in 1944 with lime, orange curaçao, orgeat, and aged rum; named from Tahitian maita'i (good), with a rival Donn Beach claim and an IBA standard spec.
Maid café
Maid café (メイドカフェ, meido kissa): Japanese themed café from Akihabara where costumed maids greet customers as master, serve food with performances, hourly cover fees, cheki photos; spread worldwide.
Maido (restaurant)
Maido is a Nikkei restaurant in Miraflores, Lima, Peru, opened in October 2009 by chef Mitsuharu "Micha" Tsumura and named The World's Best Restaurant 2025.
Maija Isola
Maija Isola (1927–2001) was a Finnish textile designer and painter, the first designer for Marimekko, where she created over 500 patterns including the 1964 Unikko print.
Maiko
Maiko are apprentice geiko, trainee female entertainers of Kyoto's five hanamachi (the Gokagai) who perform dance and banquet arts before the erikae transition to geiko, wearing susohiki kimono, darari obi, and okobo sandals.
Maillard reaction
Maillard reaction: non-enzymatic browning of amino compounds with reducing sugars, discovered by Louis-Camille Maillard in 1912; three stages ending in melanoidins; gives cooked food its color, aroma, and flavor but also forms acrylamide and AGEs.
Maison Margiela
Maison Margiela, Paris luxury fashion house founded in 1988 by Martin Margiela and Jenny Meirens, also Maison Martin Margiela. Known for blank white labels with four stitches, numbered line codes 0–23, upcycling, Replica, and Artisanal couture; owned by OTB Group, now led by Glenn Martens.
Maître d'hôtel
Maître d'hôtel (maître d', headwaiter): the dining-room supervisor in restaurants and hotels who greets and seats guests, directs waiters, chefs de rang, and sommeliers, and answers for service quality. French title from the 1530s; graded forms premier maître d'hôtel and maître d'hôtel de carré.