Reuters Rosita Missoni founded the brand with her late husband Ottavio in 1953 Rosita Missoni, co-founder of the eponymous Italian knitwear label Missoni, has died aged 93. The news was confirmed by the president of Italy’s Lombardy region, Attilio Fontana, who praised the brand’s iconic “multicoloured textures”. He described her death as “a great loss […]
With colorful knitwear, she and her husband, Ottavio, built one of the world’s most recognizable brands, helping to make Milan a capital of “alta moda.”
Alberto Caliri was appointed Missoni’s creative director after Filippo Grazioli’s departure in October. A veteran of the brand, Caliri has been with Missoni since 1998, starting as a fabric designer and serving as Angela Missoni’s righthand man. In 2021, he briefly stepped in as interim creative director, designing two collections before being succeeded by Grazioli […]
