Top image: Missoni SS16 backstage. Photo by Takanori Okuwaki

Today came the announcement that London’s Fashion and Textiles Museum will be the new home of the “Missoni, Art, Color” exhibition, a celebration of Missoni’s rich history.

Previously held at the MA*GA Art Museum in Gallarate, Italy, the exhibition will showcase pieces from the Italian fashion house’s private collection mixed with modernist masterpieces, exploring the influence of 20th century European art on the fashion and textile designs of Ottavio and Rosita Missoni.

Featuring work from artists such as Gino Severini, Lucio Fontana and Sonia Delaunay, the event traces the house’s prolific output, showing a large selection of looks created since 1953 by Rosita Missoni and from 1997 by Angela Missoni as well as previously unseen textile studies, paintings and Arazzi Ottavio Missoni. 

“This exhibition is designed to showcase the creative process of knitting artwork into fashion forms,” Luca Missoni, Director of the Missoni Archive said. “It’s always a great challenge to rediscover the potential of our colourful heritage to make unique, positive experiences.”

MISSONI Art Colour runs from 6 May until 4 September 2016 at The Fashion and Textile Museum, SE1 3XF.