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News, comment and features on Missoni from the Guardian

April 2022

  • Rosita Missoni in her home, surrounded by greenery,   Sumirago, Varese

    Inside the joyful Lombardy home of Rosita Missoni

    Just like the prints of her fashion label, the Missoni co-founder’s family home is full of jubilant colour and pattern

November 2019

  • Margherita Missoni

    Patterns of the past: inside the Italian home of Margherita Missoni

    Retro prints, vintage furniture and junk-shop bounty make the home office of this trendsetting creative director a real treasure trove

September 2019

  • Max Mara models in military-inspired coords, from left: Bente Oort, Ajok Madel and Mona Tougaard.

    Max Mara channels secret service chic at Milan fashion week

    Also, Fendi goes back to the 70s with crochet and terry towelling, while Missoni injects retro fun

September 2018

  • Angela Missoni

    Italy’s Missoni survives 65 years in fashion as a family affair

    The ‘zigzag’ label has been led for 21 years by its founders’ daughter, Angela. She talks here about her designs on the future

June 2018

  • Dolce and Gabbana’s crochet creation.

    Stitch in time: crochet craze harks back to fashion’s crafty past

    From Dior to Dani Dyer, why everyone’s embracing the knitwear trend this summer

May 2016

  • Margherita Missoni home

    ‘It’s mostly eBay’: inside the home of fashion heiress Margherita Missoni

    She was born into the Italian design dynasty, so why is her home a lesson in thrift and online shopping?
  • Oriental Garden 5

    Space spring special
    Missoni homes in on the zigzags

    Missoni’s iconic patterns are on display in an extraordinary exhibition that explores the family’s creative output, encompassing not only fashion but homewares too
  • Missoni Art Colour show

    Stripes and zigzags: fashion brand Missoni's links to modern art

    Exhibition at Fashion and Textile Museum in London takes an eclectic trip through the Italian label’s six-decade history

September 2014

  • A model presents a creation from the Missoni show

    Missoni makes Milan show a family affair

    Clan members were spotted wandering around the show space before it began, dogs and babies in tow

April 2014

  • In praise of... Ottavio Missoni

    Editorial: His tracksuits were sometimes subtle and sometimes very loud, and they are now recognised as works of art

March 2014

  • Fashion buy of the day
    M Missoni raffia bag: fashion buy of the day

    The chain strap handbag has long been one of fashion's all-time favourite shapes. Chic, portable and timeless

  • Ottavio Missoni with his wife, Rosita, in 1995

    Ottavio Missoni obituary

    Co-founder of the Italian fashion house known for its brightly coloured zigzag patterns
  • Ottavio Missoni in his boutique in 1984

    Fashion blog
    Ottavio Missoni, founder of the Italian fashion house, dies

    Lauren Cochrane: The man who founded the label famous for its colourful geometric knits has died, aged 92

  • Ottavio Missoni

    Ottavio Missoni dies aged 92

    Co-founder of Missoni fashion company, famous for zigzag-patterned knitwear, dies 'serenely' at home in Sumirago, Italy

January 2013

  • Missoni autumn-winter menswear collection

    Missoni show goes on in Milan despite son's disappearance

    Italian label stages catwalk presentation despite disappearance of Vittorio Missoni, son of the firm's founders

September 2011

  • Missoni

    Fashion blog
    Missoni Meltdown

    Crashed websites, queues round the block and sold out stock that couldn't be replenished quick enough. It's safe to say luxury brand Missoni went down very well with their bargain-priced line at Target

August 2010

  • Missoni family

    Missoni: a family always in fashion

    The Missonis are one of Italy's top design dynasties – for them, business and family life are closely intertwined

September 2005

  • Glittering prize for Missoni in Milan

    The Milan fashion show was yesterday dominated by gossip that British designer Matthew Williamson, maker of dancing dresses for party girls in London, New York and Ibiza, was tipped to take over at Italian label Pucci.

October 2001

  • Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Missoni impacts on Milan

    With Milan fashion in the throes of a love affair with hippy chic and peasant blouses, the Missoni label - best known for its 1970s zigzag patterned knits -looked contemporary again yesterday.

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