From left: Models Kayako Higuchi, Anita Pozzo, Britt Oosten, and Ronja Berg— all wearing Max Mara clothing and sandals from the resort 2022 collection—at the company’s factory in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

It was 8:34 in the gardens of Lisbon’s Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation this evening when the colorful parakeets that had been watching from the treetops suddenly stirred, shrieking into the sky. They ...