Missoni – Italian colourful wave striped luxury knitwear

The Italian fashion brand Missoni, famous for the colourful and fashionable knitwear, was founded in Milan in 1953. The ready-to-wear collections are known by the zigzag waved stripes or geometric floral patterns. The fashion has been called “museum pieces that you can however wear” and the scarfs are probably the most famous piece in the collections.

Missoni Fashion video Fall / Winter 2009-2010

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Missoni e-shop and online shops

• Browns.com - Online fashion outlet
• Beauty.com -- makeup and fragrances retailer
• Brandos - the largest shoe e-shop in Sweden
• FragranceNet.com -- online fragrance outlet
• Koodos.com -- giant fashion outlet
• Missoni - Missoni’s online shop is available at net-a-porter.com
• Net-a-porter.com -- luxury fashion retailer
• Saks Fifth Avenue -- exclusive NY based online shop
• Sephora - beauty, fragrance and skin care
• Shopbop.com - leading online retailer
• Stylebop -- international online fashion shop
• YOOX -- leading international fashion e-shop with over 2.300 top designer brands

About Missoni

The founders and married couple Tai and Rosita Missoni started producing the knitwear in the basemen in their first home in Gallarate, Italy. The company then moved to the current office in Sumirago. Their three children grew up with the company and have all taken big responsibilities in the business positive development and renaissance recent years. Vittorio is today marketing responsible, Luca manages knitwear and Angela is the creative director of women wear. Missoni opened a store on Madison Avenue in New York in 1984 and also have stores in other large fashion cities such as Paris and Milan.

Celebrities wearing Missoni

Celebrities that are wearing the brand are for example Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Sharon Stone.