The founders turned over the business to their children in 1997, though Rosita remained involved in the Missoni home collection. In 2013, as the company celebrated its 60th anniversary, the family ...

Rosita focused specifically on the Missoni Home part of the business. The first collection was launched in New York in 2000. This enabled her to pursue multiple passions, such as research trips ...

But Missoni, who just passed away at the age of ninety-three, was too far ahead of her time: "It was a big scandal: they said we were transforming the fashion shows into the Crazy Horse," she said, ...

Image The Missoni manufacturing plant in Sumirago, Northern Italy, in 1975. The Missonis had a home built nearby. Credit...Fairchild Archive/Penske Media, via Getty Images The Missoni house was ...

The founders turned over the business to their children in 1997, though Rosita remained involved in the Missoni home collection. In 2013, as the company celebrated its 60th anniversary ...

Missoni had been invited to show at the Pitti ... north of Milan, the Missonis set up home next door, with most of their windows overlooking Rosita's beloved Monte Rosa mountains.

In their new home in Gallarate, northwest of Milan, the pair soon moved from tracksuits to sweaters. "When I got married, four sewing machines arrived with my husband," Rosita Missoni told AFP in ...

Dec. 12, 2024 The founders turned over the business to their children in 1997, though Rosita remained involved in the Missoni home collection. In 2013, as the company celebrated its 60th ...