stripes and zigzags: fashion brand missonis links to modern art /

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Exhibition at Fashion and Textile Museum in London takes an eclectic trip through the Italian labels six-decade historyFor 60 years,the Italian brand Missoni has owned zigzags and stripes in fashion. The Missoni Art Colour display at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London does not disappoint on that front. Stripes are visible from the moment visitors walk through the door, on specially created lights that hang over the reception desk.
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hich originally opened in the Maga museum in Gallarate,Italy, last year, and takes a less obvious trip through the brand’s history. As the title suggests,it’s about the connections between the company’s designs and contemporary and contemporary art. Divided into four galleries, the first contains no clothes at all. Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com