In 1958, husband and wife Ottavio and Rosita Missoni designed a collection of striped knitted dresses for the Milanese boutique La Rinascente, stitching a label of their surname next to their soon to be abandoned studio, Maglificio Jolly. Now a name synonymous with innovative knitwear design, from crochet zigzag to lurex stripes, the kaleidoscopic history of Missoni is the subject of the latest exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London.
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