Ottavio Missoni, 92, Dies

May 9, 2013  by in UnCategorized   

By Aggregated Content in Obituaries on May 10, 2013 from http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ottavio-missoni-20130510,0,6746867.story

Ottavio Missoni, patriarch of the Italian luxury fashion brand built on zigzag-patterned knitwear, died Thursday at his home in Sumirago, Italy. He was 92.

The Missoni label gained prominence in the fashion world in the late 1960s and early 1970s for using knitwear as a canvas for kaleidoscopic flame, zigzag and space dye designs, and fashioning a new kind of informal, soft wardrobe. Today, the label is a full-blown luxury lifestyle brand that has the family name gracing eyewear, fragrances and footwear as well as hotels and home furnishings.

 

 

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