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    Angela Missoni’s 20th anniversary as creative director of the brand is celebrated in September, in conjunction with the Winter fashion show. Angela Missoni’s work over the past 20 years is the protagonist of an editorial project by Vogue Italia: an page booklet her dedicated, curated by Antonio Monfreda and with the stylistic direction of Enrica Ponzellini. To create the photo shoot for this annex to the September issue of Vogue, of the most significant archive items of the twenty-year period are selected.
    In September, AMFAR celebrates Angela Missoni at La Permanente for her commitment to Women Empowerment through her initiative linked to the Pink Pussy Hat. A Fiat Missoni is also auctioned.
    Also in September, Missoni creates an eco- sustainability for the Camera Moda and Eco-Age project ‘The Green Carpet Fashion Award’. The dress will be worn by Amber Valletta for the evening at the Teatro alla Scala.
    In October, Missoni participates in the Cantù International Lace Biennial with a

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    Rosita Missoni, matriarch of the Missoni mode family, dies aged 93

    Rosita Jelmini Missoni and her husband Ottavio (Tai) were invited to show their clothes to the general fashion public for the first time in The backdrop was the Pitti Palace in Florence, and the group at the show was made up of members of the press, industry insiders, buyers and clients.

    It was an important debut; everything had to fit perfectly. But Rosita didn't like the way the models' dark underwear appeared beneath the light, transparent fabrics. To solve the bekymmer, she asked them to walk the runway without underwear, thinking it wouldn't be noticed under the lights. This was the beginning of the nude look, the same one that, in the same period of time, was being tested at the home of Yves Saint Laurent — the same one that today parades on the catwalks every year, revised again and again, without ever going out of fashion.

    But the designer, who died this week at the age of 93, was too far ahead o

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    Rosita Missoni, matriarch of Italian fashion house behind iconic zigzag knitwear, dies at 93

    ROME — Rosita Missoni, the matriarch of the iconic Italian fashion house that made colorful zigzag-patterned knitwear high fashion and helped launch Italian ready-to-wear, has died. She was

    Missoni died peacefully on Wednesday, Missoni SpA and the Missoni family said in a joint statement.

    Local officials offered condolences on Thursday and recalled Missoni’s ties to the small northern city of Gallarate, where the Missoni brand was born in an artisan’s shop in

    Born Rosita Jelmini, Missoni grew up in a family that owned a textile factory that produced shawls. When she met and married Ottavio Missoni, they founded their eponymous fashion house in Gallarate. It would turn into a fashion dynasty, with the couple’s three children and their offspring involved in expanding the brand.

    The Missonis got their first break in , when the Rinascente department store commissioned colorful v

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