Breaking News: Vittorio Missoni's Plane Found

Missoni has revealed today that the plan that carried Vittorio Missoni, his wife and friends, that went missing on January 4th, has been found. According to WWD, "The plane was identified on the fifth day of the search thanks to the American ship's technology and is located in the waters North of the Los Roques archipelago." Authorities are currently working on a plan to recover the bodies and to continue the investigation.

The Missoni family has stayed Private since Vittorio's disappearance and releasing periodic statements to the press as the search continues. They chose to hold a small presentation earlier this year during Men's Fashion Week instead of a large runway show. They also continued with their scheduled women's ready-to-wear runway show for Milan Fashion Week as planned for Sunday, February 24th.

Tied to the aesthetic innovation and technical invention that have always changed the identity of knitwear, Missoni is one of the best known, loved and recognized fashion and design brands in the world. Missoni style is the result of a partnership between two people. Tai and Rosita decided to set up a knitwear business in the sixties, and were soon at the cutting edge of Italian fashion. Missoni inaugurated and affirmed an unmistakable way of dressing and living: with a colorful "put-together" of zigzag motifs, stripes, waves and slub yarns in a patchwork of geometric and floral jacquard. The couple started a family and their children Vittorio, Luca and Angela, the brand's creative director since 1996, grew up in direct contact with their parents' work. Closely involved with the business, they took on increasingly responsible roles, becoming co-creators in a project that continues to seduce and excite today. Missoni is now one of the best representatives of Italian fashion and design excellence around the world. With its pioneering multicolored aesthetic vision, it continues to influence the contemporary lifestyle, thanks also to the success of the Missoni Home line inaugurated in Edinburgh and Kuwait City at the Missoni Hotels.