Launched within the Max Mara Fashion Group over three decades ago, the Marina Rinaldi brand is dedicated to producing high quality fashionable garments and accessories for plus-sized women. Named after the founder's grandmother, who herself owned a dressmakers shop in back in the mid-19th century, the brand was one of the first in the world to bring the latest fashion trends to women who don't resemble the models on the runways of Milan and Paris. In Trieste Marina Rinaldi's shop can be found in the city's de facto shopping district, not far from Max Mara.