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MILAN — The Italian fashion designer Vittorio Missoni, the head of the prominent fashion house, was aboard a small plane that has disappeared off the coast of Venezuela, a company spokeswoman said on Saturday. MILAN — Venezuelan emergency services mounted a sea-and-air rescue mission on Saturday after a plane carrying the fashion executive Vittorio Missoni went missing off the coast of Venezuela.
“The Missoni family has been informed by the Venezuelan Consulate that Vittorio Missoni and his wife are missing, but we don’t know any more,” the spokeswoman, Maddalena Aspes, said. “The authorities will resume their search for the plane in the morning.” The plane carrying Mr. Missoni, 58; his wife, Maurizia Castiglioni; another couple and two Venezuelan crew members disappeared after taking off from the resort of Los Roques, an archipelago off the coast of Venezuela, Italian media said.
Italian media reported that the plane went missing on Friday morning after takeoff from the resort of Los Roques, an island off the coast of Venezuela. Also reported to have been aboard the plane with Mr. Missoni, 58, and his wife, Maurizia Castiglioni, were another couple and two Venezuelan crew members. “It disappeared yesterday. They have been looking for it with helicopters and ships, but have not found anything yet. They are still searching for it this morning,” the Italian consul in Venezuela, Giovanni Davoli, said.
Mr. Missoni is the son of the founders of the family owned fashion house famous for its exuberantly colored knits, featuring bold stripes and zigzags. He owned the business with two siblings, Luca and Angela. Mr. Missoni is the oldest son of the founders of the fashion house famous for its exuberantly colored knits, featuring bold stripes and zigzags. He is co-owner with two siblings, Luca and Angela, who handle the technical and design sides of the firm.
“The Missoni family has been informed by the Venezuelan Consulate that Vittorio Missoni and his wife are missing, but we don’t know any more,” a Missoni spokeswoman, Maddalena Aspes, said.
Other members of the Missoni family are traveling back to Italy from a holiday in France, Ms. Aspes said.
Mr. Missoni and his siblings took over managing the company from their parents Ottavio and Rosita in 1996, aiming to relaunch the brand to a larger, younger market as rivals Gucci and Burberry have done. Under Vittorio’s tenure, Missoni has opened hotels in Scotland and Kuwait and started the Missoni Home collection.
By 2011, the brand’s appeal was wide enough for American mass-market retailer Target to ask it to design a collection.