Ottavio Missoni

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 was particularly known for his of zig -zag patterns and bright colors influenced creations in the field of knitwear.

Life

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

Prior to his career as a fashion designer of 1.86 m wide Missoni as athlete was successful. At the Olympics 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 of Varese, at the victory ceremony of the Olympic Games in 1948 and married her on 18 April 1953. His three children Vittorio, Luca and Angela are all in leading positions in the family business operates. The eldest daughter Margherita Missoni 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 race driver Guido Foresti and his wife Elda Scalvenzi a small aircraft of the type BN2 Islander ten nautical miles south of belonging to Venezuela Los Roques archipelago. Until 16 January 2013, the aircraft was gone and it was announced that the 72 -year-old pilot had a valid pilot's license more since 30 November 2012. End of January 2013 organized the family search with the Venezuelan Navy submarine Deep Sea. On June 27, 2013 it was announced that the BN was found 2 Islander in 70 feet of water near the island of Curaçao. On October 16, 2013, almost nine months after the crash, the remains of Vittorio Missoni from the wreck on the ocean floor of the Caribbean Sea from Maiquetia, Vargas were recovered. The complete wreck was salvaged from the seabed on November 25, 2013, ten months after the crash of the machine.