It was a real happening!” Scandalous shows catapulted the brand into the public consciousness. In the 1970s, Missoni’s signature motifs became big in the US, being stocked in department stores ...

ROME (AP) — 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, died Thursday, a ...

By 1958, a significant order from a Milanese department store established Missoni as a name to watch. The brand’s debut on the runway in 1966, followed by a show at the Pitti Palace in Florence ...