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Italian Fashion Boss Missing After Plane Disappears

Target shoppers may know work of Vittorio Missoni

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 5, 2013 11:50 AM CST

(Newser) – A top fashion executive in Italy is feared dead after the small tourist plane he was in disappeared off the Venezuela coast, reports Reuters. Vittorio Missoni, 58, who co-owns the fashion house started by his parents, was among six people aboard the craft that went missing yesterday. The search continued today. The Missoni house is famous for its colorful stripes and zigzags, and the New York Times notes that a collaboration with Target in 2011 was so popular it crashed the website.

In this photo taken in 2010, Vittorio Missoni poses for photographers in Milan, Italy.
In this photo taken in 2010, Vittorio Missoni poses for photographers in Milan, Italy.   (AP Photo/Gian Mattia d'Alberto, Lapresse)
A model wears a creation part of the Missoni women's Spring-Summer 2012 collection.
A model wears a creation part of the Missoni women's Spring-Summer 2012 collection.   (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
A model shows a creation part of the Missoni Spring-Summer 2011 fashion collection.
A model shows a creation part of the Missoni Spring-Summer 2011 fashion collection.   (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
In this Sept. 7, 2011, photo, Elizabeth Olsen attends an event in New York marking a Missoni collaboration with Target.
In this Sept. 7, 2011, photo, Elizabeth Olsen attends an event in New York marking a Missoni collaboration with Target.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
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Tology
Jan 6, 2013 11:33 AM CST
He's on an island dieting so he can work as a stand in for Al Pacino.
imnotmia
Jan 6, 2013 2:35 AM CST
Venezuela is  Communist & very poor.  Vittorio Missoni is VERY rich & famous.  Maybe just maybe the gov't, found him.  They are waiting for the story to die down alittle & THEN say they have him,(to his family) hold him for ransom & give him back for such & such money.  
jagerhans
Jan 5, 2013 6:21 PM CST
obvious alien abduction. the little green men want to pimp up their spaceships.

 
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