Missoni Multicolored Floral Print Top Palazzo Pant Set, 1970s

Name: Missoni Multicolored Floral Print Top Palazzo Pant Set, 1970s
Brand: Missoni
Price: 1975 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Loud, vibrant, eclectic. All of these things clearly define Missoni’s print design aesthetic. Subdued by straight silhouettes and traditional lines, Missoni has employed an articulate sense of balance to create fashionable garments throughout the decades. Despite this, the 70s surely were a heyday for the brand. Done in a silky rayon jersey, this 1970s palazzo pant set features a floral print with dusty red roses, seafoam leaves, and other floral motifs in carnelian and cornflower blue. With a bateau neck, the top has a soft appeal. Short sleeves form soft peaks around the arm as the blouse follows the body through the waist. Here, there is a wide waistband with a sash detail. If worn as an ensemble, the pants seamlessly flow from the top. Resting just above the hips, the pant are ever so slightly fitted through the hips quickly falling into dramatic, undulating flounces at the bottom capitalizing on the design’s appealing color combination. Size estimate: Small Measurements: Top: Bust: 36 inches Waist: 28 inches Length: 20.5 inches Pants: waist: 27 inches Hips: 34- 38 inches Rise; 13 inches Inseam:33 inches Unlined, the rayon allows for a cool smoothness against the body. The top easily slips over the head while the pants contain an elastic waistband for fitting. In excellent condition, this ensemble has been professionally cleaned and pressed. High-quality vintage pieces like this are yours to live in and love while increasing in value every year. It’s never too soon to start collecting them, as an investment in your wardrobe—and in yourself.

Designer:

Missoni

Brand:

Missoni

Dimensions:

Marked Size: Small (US)

Style:

jumpsuit (In the Style Of)

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1970-1979

Condition:

Excellent.

Seller Location:

Boca Raton, FL

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU73015766122

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In 1953, Ottavio “Tai” Missoni (1921–2013) and Rosita Missoni (b. 1931) opened a small knitwear shop in Gallarate, Italy, paving the way for what would become an iconic style of colorful chevron knit.

Missoni began with a tracksuit, which featured zippers down the legs because, as Rosita recalls it, “Tai was too lazy to take off his shoes when putting them on.” The couple’s fashion really took off, though, once they discovered the Raschel knitting machine on a trip to a shawl factory. The machine enabled the Missonis to knit multiple colors in a zigzag pattern, a motif that would go on to become synonymous with the Missoni brand across everything from its alluring vintage day dresses and sweaters to its purses, seating and rugs.

Missoni held its first fashion show in Florence in 1967 and caused a bit of a sensation when the models’ Lurex dresses proved translucent under the lights at the Pitti Palace. Scandal aside, the show went down in history as a hit, and the Missonis soon made their debut in the United States with the help of legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland, who gave the variegated Missoni stripe the Vogue seal of approval, saying, “Who says a rainbow has seven colors? It has many shades.” (It was also Vreeland who reportedly introduced the Missonis to Neiman Marcus president Stanley Marcus, effectively shepherding the brand to the American market.)

Missoni’s many-shaded rainbow would soon become an emblem of the 1970s fashion scene, earning the brand a permanent place in the fashion canon. In 1973, the New York Times proclaimed: “Missoni’s weaved garments have ended up universal materialistic trifles, as Vuitton sacks and Gucci shoes.”

The brand branched into the home market in 1983, with Rosita overseeing this new venture, Missoni Home, which included furniture, textiles and accessories. Daughter Angela succeeded her mother at the helm of the brand, where she still serves as president and creative director today; her brother Luca is CEO, while her daughter Margherita is creative director of offshoot M Missoni.

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