Archive for the 'Missoni' Category

This is heart-breaking.

Ottavio Missoni, the patriarch and founder of the Missoni fashion house, passed away in his home in Sumirago, Italy on Thursday at 92 years of age.

He leaves behind his wife Rosita Missoni, as well as his children, Angela Missoni, who is the head designer of the house, Luca Missoni, the creative director, and several grandchildren.

His eldest son Vittorio Missoni, who went missing with his wife and companions during a flight to Venezuela back in January of this year, is still unaccounted for.

Ottavio began the family business in 1953, creating knitwear collections for various boutiques and stores in Italy, before launching the famous zigzag motif in 1962 and finally opening the first Missoni store in 1967.

Business has been booming ever since, with the latest Missoni for Target collaboration flying off shelves and causing the Target website to crash due to enormous demand.

Nonetheless, it's been a really tough year for the family, and they are in our thoughts during this truly difficult time.

[Image via AP Images.]

Rita Ora and Cara Delevingne clearly didn't get the '80s themed memo for Fran Cutler’s birthday party last night in London.

Rather than going all out a la Kate Moss, Rita rolled up to The Box wearing a little white Missoni dress under a clear Terra New York trench coat, those white Chanel boots she gushed over on Instagram and her new favorite Chanel lego clutch.

Cara went in the complete opposite direction, showing off her money-making abs in a Tokyo crop top, powder blue blazer and matching pants, fresh Jordan sneakers, a 100 Percent Zero beanie and Ray-Bans.

Too bad the party wasn't '90s themed; they could have been the modern day Cher and Dionne!

[Image via Will Alexander/WENN.]

Kate Moss looked a bit, um, partied out in London on Tuesday.

The supermodel was spotted leaving The Box nightclub in Soho with hubby Jamie Hince after celebrating good friend Fran Cutler's birthday and judging from the pics, they had a WILD time!

The 39-year-old fully embraced the party's '80s theme, beginning the festivities in a recycled black velvet strapless number with jeweled trim, black stockings, and silver glitter-bombed Louboutins.

Her Dynasty-inspired look also included a MASSIVE fur Missoni coat, obvi!

When it was time to go home, Kate changed into a completely different ensem, featuring an embellished strapless dress worn over a gray "Selfish" tee and no stockings. Her hair was noticeably de-pouffed by the end as well.

Only a supermodel would bring an exit outfit! LOLz!

Glad you had fun, Mossy!

[Image via Getty & WENN.]

It looks like touring with Rihanna has upped his style cred even more!

A$AP Rocky has been working his way into the fashion world for awhile, and he showed just how classy he can be in the May issue of GQ.

The F*cking Problems rapper got into a nautical theme with the help of some scantily clad models while wearing ensembles from Dior Homme, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Nautica, Tom Ford, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Gucci that would make Hamptons dwellers jelly!

And even though the ladies weren’t wearing much, they still got to don bikinis from Missoni, Louis Vuitton and Emilio Pucci.

A$AP’s love of fashion wasn’t newfound with money though. It goes all the way back to his childhood! The rapper said

"I wanted to model when I was younger. I was always into clothes and sh*t."

And just look at him now! He’s on a boat in GQ.

Ch-ch-check out the rest of his modeling skillz (below)!

[Image via Ben Watts/GQ magazine.]

Hayden Panettiere is following in Zooey Deschanel and Emmy Rossum's cottony footsteps and starring in Cotton Inc.'s The Fabric of Our Lives campaign!

The Nashville actress will appear in the campaign's ninth commercial, where she'll be doing everyday things like picking an outfit, shopping and walking the dog, all while singing a country version of famous jingle.

How appropriate!

Cotton explained why they picked Hayden, saying:

Another day, another excuse to get dressed up!

Rita Ora accompanied bestie Cara Delevingne to the War Child BRITs Show in London on Monday night to watch Muse perform.

The British songbird looked whimsically stylish in an orange crop top and an ombre Missoni Resort herringbone suit.

Rita added a black Birkin, several gold bracelets, and open-toe heels to finish off her concert look.

Haute!

[Image via Will Alexander/WENN.]

It's been over a month since Missoni CEO Vittorio Missoni, his wife, and four others disappeared during a flight to Caracas, Venezuela, and there's still no good news to report.

Authorities in Bonaire, a small Caribbean island, stated on Thursday that a local newspaper reporter discovered two pieces of luggage washed up on the beach earlier this week.

Though police refused to say exactly who the bags belonged to, Claudio Verna, a friend of the Missoni family, confirmed