I recently was in Italy on vacation and visited him. He is such a wonderful, genuine person along with being an amazing leather handbag craftsman. He told me in 1984 there were 280 individual/small leather atelier handbag makers in the region he works and lives which is the Marche district (well known for leather handbags and shoes). He is one of only 2 left who are still making handbags the old fashioned way. He is a true craftsman and is very customer focused. His quality is amazing. I have been buying his bags for over 10 years. He previously bags for another brand Belen Echandia and in 2014 he started his own line MM. I bought a number of Belen Echandia bags made by Marco and now only buy his MM bags. I love all of his bags they are so beautifully made. A bespoke bag made in Italy from beautiful Italian leather at this price point amazing!!!