Ottavio Missoni

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Ottavio Missoni (1990)

Ottavio Missoni (born February 11, 1921 in Ragusa di Dalmazia , Kingdom of Yugoslavia , † May 9, 2013 in Sumirago , Lombardy ) was an Italian fashion designer and founder of the fashion company Missoni .

Missoni is known in particular for its creations in the field of knitwear, which are characterized by zigzag patterns and strong colors .

Life

In 1953 he and his wife Rosita founded a textile factory in Gallarate (Italy). His first larger collection was presented in Milan in 1963 . He has received numerous international awards.

Before his career as a fashion designer, the 1.86 m tall Missoni was successful as a track and field athlete. At the Olympic Games in 1948 , he was sixth in the 400-meter hurdles . Two years later, he finished fourth at the European Championships in Brussels.

Private

Missoni met his wife Rosita, daughter of a cloth manufacturer from Varese , at the victory celebration of the 1948 Olympic Games and married her on April 18, 1953. His three children Vittorio, Luca and Angela are all in leading positions in the family business. The eldest daughter Margherita Missoni of his daughter Angela is a well-known Italian model.

Vittorio

His eldest son Vittorio disappeared on January 5, 2013 with his wife, the entrepreneur and Mille Miglia racing driver Guido Foresti and his wife Elda Scalvenzi in a small plane of the type BN2 Islander ten nautical miles south of the Los Roques archipelago belonging to Venezuela . By January 16, 2013, the aircraft had disappeared and it became known that the 72-year-old pilot had no longer had a valid flight license since November 30, 2012. At the end of January 2013, the family organized the search with the Venezuelan naval submarine Deep Sea . On June 27, 2013 it was announced that the BN 2 Islander was found at a depth of 70 meters near the island of Curaçao . On October 16, 2013, almost nine months after the crash, the remains of Vittorio Missoni were recovered from the wreck on the seabed of the Caribbean Sea off Maiquetía , Vargas . The complete wreck was recovered from the ocean floor on November 25, 2013, ten months after the plane crashed.

literature

  • Ekkehard zur Megede : The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics . Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV).
  • Isa Tutino Vercelloni: Missonologia: The World of Missoni , Abbeville Press 1995, ISBN 0-7892-0048-1
  • Samuele Mazza: Missoni (Made in Italy) , Gingko Press 1997, ISBN 3-927258-47-4
  • Samuele Mazza, Mariuccia Casadio: Missoni. Meister der Mode , Heyne 1999, ISBN 3-453-13763-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ottavio Missoni Dies
  2. ↑ ELLE - Missoni | Designer portrait
  3. ↑ Ottavio Missoni: 'Una vita sul filo di lana'
  4. ↑ Ottavio Missoni in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
  5. ↑ To Interview With Rosita Missoni - WSJ.com
  6. ↑ Designer: Margherita Missoni - A day in the life of the young designer
  7. ↑ Venezuela fashion entrepreneur Missoni missing
  8. ↑ Missing plane with fashion entrepreneur Vittorio Missoni
  9. ↑ Vittorio Missoni New details on his disappearance
  10. ↑ Search with the submarine
  11. ↑ Missing Designer: Wreckage Found On Curacao
  12. ^ The press : Vittorio Missoni's body recovered on October 17, 2013
  13. ^ Wreckage from Missoni plane recovered - The Local of November 26, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Missoni, Ottavio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian fashion designer
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Ragusa di Dalmazia , Kingdom of Yugoslavia
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 2013
Place of death Sumirago , Lombardy