During lockdown, Ian Griffiths happened to watch a BBC documentary on Lee Miller, the multitalented American model turned photojournalist who became a war correspondent for Vogue in the ’40s. “She has belonged to my pantheon of heroines since my days as a student at London’s Royal College of Arts,” said Griffiths during a showroom appointment. “Her life as a strong-willed, driven, independent woman resonates deeply with the values we embrace at Max Mara.” Miller’s life was rather well documented, so the designer poured over thousands of her photographs; taken mostly in black-an...