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Italian fashion knitwear legend Ottavio Missoni dead at 92
Italian knitwear impresario Ottavio “Tai” Missoni, whose distinctive colourful zigzag dresses became a global fashion empire, died on Thursday at his home in northern Italy at 92, his family said. Missoni co-founded the fashion brand in 1953 with his wife Rosita Jelmini and their designs have graced the rich and…
Fashion mogul Missioni’s plane disappears off Venezuela
Venezuelan emergency workers launched a sea and air search Saturday after a small plane carrying the head of Italy’s Missoni fashion family disappeared over coastal islands, officials said. The plane carrying Vittorio Missoni — 58-year-old son of the eponymous fashion label’s founder Ottavio Missoni — and his wife Maurizia Castiglioni,…
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