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Missoni goes home, again

THE ITALIAN LABEL RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS WITH HOME FURNISHINGS

B Y D E R I C K C H E T T Y

The fashion runways and home interiorshavealwayshadalotin common. The trends from your wardrobe, sooner or later, find themselves splashed about your house. So it’s no surprise that more fashion designers are expanding theirbrandandcapitalizing on their esthetic with home collections.

But as the list of designers- turned-interior decorators grows, a few of these fashion brands get lost in translation. Let’s just say some designers’ distinctivesignaturesandbrand identities seem more tailor- made than others for the home arena. (Can you picture what bedsheets from the über-hot but difficult-to-wear label Ba- lenciaga might look like?)

But one contender whose strong fashion vision seems just right for home décor, is the venerable Italian label Missoni.

Known for its colourful graphic print knits, the family business actually started in textiles a century ago, providing home

Now you can wrap yourself — and your living room — in designer stripes from the newly launched Missoni Home line.

furnishings like linens, sheets	edthecompanycouldn’tdoany-	line, the company has just	outdoors with fabrics that can
and hand embroideries. It	thing else but simple stripes.	launched Missoni Home in	be used for cushions, ham-
wasn’t until almost 50 years lat-	Today, those knitwear prints	Canada. The 2007 collection	mocks and patio furniture that
er that it entered the fashion do-	prove to be architecturally	features an expansive lineup	wouldbeperfectforupscalecot-
main, with T-shirt designs.	pleasing lines — they work won-	that includes textiles for uphol-	tage country or to add some
And those famous zigzags and	ders on small spaces by giving	stery for sofas, home linens,	glam to a poolside deck.
lines were born. But it was no	the illusion of height and width.	rugs and furnishings. The home	But lest you think it’s all about
major design feat. The knitting	Returning to their roots a few	collection also takes the compa-	those famous eye-popping col-
machines back when they start-	years ago with a home décor	ny’srichmosaicofcolourstothe	ourbars,lessadventuroushome

Stars in stripes

The Missoni Home Collection can be found at:

*Missoni Home Gallery at Castlefield Design Centre. 1400 Castlefield Ave.

Toronto*Finn Boutique1 Yorkville Ave.

Toronto

*Nord Sud Home 20 Hazelton Ave. Toronto

*Prima Lighting

51 Jevlan Dr. Woodbridge

decorators can find other patterns such as herringbone, plaid and some luscious florals. This cacophony of prints can be anchored by the range of solids also offered in the line.

And it looks like this colourful fashion company’s brand will be further expanded. Up next on the design horizon: Hotel Mis- soni. The company will be launching its first hotels in Du- bai and Edinburgh by next year. Lovers of Italian design can also look forward to Fendi, when thefashionpowerhouselaunches its home line in Canada later this year.

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To find it,find us.

From major pieces to finishing touches, you'll find it all at over 20 inspiring shops at the Mississauga Home & Design Centre.

2575 Dundas Street West

(just east of Winston Churchill Blvd.)

INTOUCH. INSTYLE. INSPIRED.www.homeanddesigncentre.ca