ABOUT ANGELA...

FRIENDS & FAMILY THOUGHTS

Angela Missoni is not just a family fashion brand. It is much more. It stands for culture, art and involvement with large social and political issues Colour, laughter, joy, passion, music, and MARINA ABRAMOVIC • a lust for life A powerful mother, a woman with a HILARY ALEXANDER OBE • strong sense of protection. Nothing bad can happen when you are with her because she solves any problem Fierce, a PEDRO ALMODÓVAR • force – especially after her women’s march at her show IMRAN AMED • A tender warrior Fun-loving, emotionMARGHERITA MACCAPANI MISSONI AMOS • al, and full of energy & ideas Exquisitely attuned to the CHRISTIANE ARP • current and future interests of a generation in need of a restorative and refined touch, Angela stands as a towering matriarch of an earth-tone empire, kingly and comforting, Lepidoptera meets couture of the highest order, one of the greats, forever! DEVENDRA BANHART • She is the most charming and passionate person in fashion that I know. She is full of positivity and humanity. A woman full of integrity and warmth Warm, witty, wise and so generFABIEN BARON • ous of heart and spirit. She is the real deal Angela’s GLENDA BAILEY • vision is vibrant and creatively perceptive. She is dedicated to

her business, to her family and to her art - a true artist in work and in life There’s no denying that in essence the GIOVANNI BIANCO • heart spirit and soul of Angela Missoni hath graced us all by the sheer delight that’s celebratory of her individual identity’s consistent love and joy of life itself A generous, unique, MARK BORTHWICK • extraordinary woman. I do have great memories with her MARIACARLA

Angela Missoni is the embodiment of the haute bohème, BOSCONO • the hippie-de-luxe, the playful renegade. I always think of Angela as Mama Fashion – her clothes, like her, bring the warm embrace of color and comfort and family and adventure into our lives. Angela’s work is nurtured on the rich and potent DNA of the Missoni history but is always mindful of the ever-evolving present and the potential and excitement of the future HAMISH BOWLES • Brightly willing and generous Angela Missoni: REAL COCO BRANDOLINI •

Sending congratulations on your achievement of MARCELO BURLON • twenty wonderful years of continuing the Missoni family name with pride and success She has built on Missoni’s JOAN BURSTEIN CBE (MRS B) • imagery an incredibly contemporary story, introducing a unique point of view and icons that tell the future of the brand CARLO CAPASA • Angela’s good vibes fill the room Angela Missoni MATTEO CECCARINI • and all of her most beautiful family are about living life vibrantly, colourfully, and fully. And that’s a wonderful talent LUCINDA CHAMBERS • Superwoman, compassionate and able do it all and so much fun to be around! It’s inspiring to see Angela work alongPAT CLEVELAND • side her family in such a creative way and continuing the process Technicoloured artisan DAISY DE VILLENEUVE • CHARLOTTE OLYMPIA DELLAL • Sun, family, colour, fun, the best message in fashion ANNA DELLO RUSSO • Bold, brilliant and beautifully out of bounds! AdvenKEN DOWNING • turous, human and full of life Warm, genuine, lovGINEVRA ELKANN • able Thank you Angela, for all the italian colour you DAVID FARBER •

have brought into the world in these 20 years! EMANUELE FARNETI • Iconic Colorful with a unique point-of-view, the embodDENNIS FREEDMAN • iment of Italian luxury. That is Missoni. Always relevant, no matter what season, no matter what year The poetic thread of fashion NINA GARCIA •

Angela is personification of authentic. In her love, ALLEGRA HICKS • her talent, her humor, her loyalty, her enthusiasm, her generosity. I feel lucky whenever I’m around her Angela. She is RASHIDA JONES • the pilot and the plane. She is the provider, the insider, the magpie and the nightingale. The resistant, the insistent, she is proof that fashion can have a heart and a mind as well as eyes, ears and appetite. She weaves a continual changing dream of the future from her past. She knows she must never cut the thread, or lose it in fashion’s dark mood. She is a rainbow PATRICK KINMONTH • Zeitgeist The quintessential Italian Bohemian family MICHAEL KLIGER •

She is a woman who celebrates and supports women JOERG KOCH • and fosters leadership while not being afraid to embrace both the emotional and business side Angela has the MisKAROLINA KURKOVA • soni DNA in her blood and the talent to keep it modern, fun and sexy. As a woman, she’s simply irresistible A woman’s OLIVIER LALANNE • woman. Yes, she’s impossibly glamorous and wildly talented, but what I love about her most is that she uses her creativity to lift up other women. She is an angel. She helps us all A CapriCINDI LEIVE • cornucopia Colorful and genuine Angela MARYLOU LUTHER • FERN MALLIS • Missoni is like an accomplished abstract painter who has used the Missoni brand and heritage to create modern interpretations for today’s fashion forward consumer. She has a sophisticated eye for pattern and colour but always with a contemporary approach

A force for change in the fashion industry. A womNATALIE MASSENET • an with an incredible sense of social responsibility TEREZA MAXOVÁ • Warmhearted She is an innovator, always looking forJOE MCKENNA •

ward, while respecting her creative and trail-blazing roots JIM MOORE • Angela Missoni made the brand that she grew up with personal – in her own way. While her parents Tai and Rosita worked as a couple, Angela has fought for a more obviously woman’s point of view. She has also dared to explore beyond knits and to use her own daughters as a symbol of a new generation to take Missoni into the future My mother is a compulsive collecSUZY MENKES • tor, she can start collecting everything. She gives so much of herself to every passion, be it a ceramic Bambi, fashion or family; when I was born she opened a Montessori recreational centre in the surroundings of Varese in the Eighties FRANCESCO MACCAPANI MISSONI • Angela is truly a godsend to me. Always fondly vigilant, she’s my Guardian Angel. A mother hen for her beloved children Margherita, Francesco, Teresa, and a sweet creative and magical grandma for her grandchildren Otto, Augusto, Zeno, but also a precious generous ally for her/our extended families. And for our company a proud passionate crucial captain Architect, chef, ROSITA MISSONI • sailor, bricklayer, gardener, cartographer, hair stylist, photographer, designer... MacGyver. Revolutionary, sweet, severe, careful, very much present. Woman, grandmother, aunt, but above all Mother! Her unique way of mixing colours TERESA MACCAPANI MISSONI • and patterns will always be an inspiration to me and Cabana

Life-enhancing A very talented ItalMARTINA MONDADORI • DEBORAH NEEDLEMAN • ian designer with an international soul ANDREA PANCONESI - LUISA VIA ROMA • When I see the vibrant, colorful Missoni knits I can’t look at them without feeling the warmth of Angela, the generosity of heart, the connectivity of the whole family She is a modern day BRUCE PASK • woman who continues to inspire us with her balance of family, business and creativity Colour freak ROOPAL PATEL • ENRICA PONZELLINI • 100% Missbrunello ™ Angela’s was the FRANCESCO RAGAZZI - PALM ANGELS •

first Italian family I ever met. Going to the factory in Sumirago is like going to the theatre. She manages to carry everything on her shoulders: the fashion dramas, the family, the love… and of course all the fighting that goes with real creativity Missoni CARINE ROITFELD • is jacquard, colour, desire Every time we worked t oRENZO ROSSO • gether, Angela showed us so much creativity, generosity and free spirit A force of nature. Goddess of knitwear. Mater FRÉDÉRIC SANCHEZ • familias pur-sang. Ravishing Instantly recognizable, VIVIANE SASSEN • forever iconic Angela is a woman of dynamic ideas SCOTT SCHUMAN • and charisma. She is fun, full of life, and loves to be involved with every second of the shoot and creative process She has IRINA SHAYK • the light and Delft touch of one who is best friends with Mother Nature I just love all the Missoni’s! SHARON STONE • JUERGEN TELLER • Angela is everything I love about Italy: the mix of style, culture, life, love, family – the country and the sea! Angela is MARIO TESTINO • a real talent scout and a stubborn style setter… Angela is curious… Angela is tireless! Voraciously curious, sensiSTEFANO TONCHI • tive, passionate and exclusive. A real friend I love PATRICIA URQUIOLA • spending time with Angela either talking family or fashion. Two of our favorite things. Her talent, warmth and strength will carry the brand for another 20 years May there be many more DANIELLA VITALE • happy and colourful milestones to come, and may we continue to celebrate creative free thinking together! A real MARCEL WANDERS • inspiration to me, an example of someone who has led a brand with integrity and intelligence, but also personally with honesty, fun and flair Angela Missoni has elegantly demonstrated LUCY YEOMANS • throughout her career in fashion that “walls turned sideways are bridges” echoing the words of another iconic woman with whom she shares her forename with, Angela Davis PerfectOLIVIER ZAHM • ly elegant and uniquely exacting. One word: Scion DASHA ZHUKOVA •