Milan: Entertaining - Rosita’s birthday party. Rosita Missoni celebrated her seventy-seventh birthday with an intimate birthday party in the Missoni Milan apartment. The birthday cake was made with two big number seven shaped cakes made with berries and fresh fruit, complete with seventy-seven candles, the border was held together by lots of tiny cannoncini, placed up-side down and filled with custard.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. The legendary French editor in chief, Claude Brouet and Tai Missoni.
Note: her necklace is made out of lots of bangles.
Note: her necklace is made out of lots of bangles.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Laura Casalis and Franco Maria Ricci. Franco is building a gigantic labyrinth on his estate in Parma complete with a museum and a convention hall, ready in 2010.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party – decoration. Besides the orchids that were hanging from the light fixtures, Rosita scattered lots of polka dotted purple and white candles.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Beppe Modenese, Daniela Morera and Fabio Bellotti.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party – the flowers. Hung all over the apartment were orchids, Rosita’s favorite flowers. Rosita often hangs orchids on light fixtures, picture etc.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party – the newlyweds. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Nobili.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Two colorful ladies, publisher, Inge Feltrinelli and Italian Vogue editor, Anna Piaggi.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party – a detail. Anna found this Playboy bunny necklace on a stall on the banks of Lake Garda.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party - Father and daughter. Marco Maccapani and Margherita Missoni Maccapani.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Amateur florist, Carla Alvera and artist, Laura Panno.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Original artwork for Missoni advertising campaign by Antonio Lopez are hung on the walls of the Milan apartment.
Note: the Rose the model is holding, a tribute to Rosita.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Bruno Ragazzi and Angela Missoni enjoy a tete a tete.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Maurizia Missoni and Italian showgirl, Mara Vernier.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party – deserts. Very thin apple pies and castagnaccio, an Italian cake made from chestnut flour sit besides these very pretty and colorful flower plates designed by Rosita for Missoni Home.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party – deserts. The gigantic sbrisolona cake is like a crumble and is typical from Mantua.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Luca Missoni chats to Venetian artist, Federica Manargoni.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Photographer, Maria Mulas, looks very comfortable in the Missoni Home 60s inspired polka dotted flower chair.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Even the salami looked good, and tasted even better, just like a flower laid out in circles on a wooden cutting board.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Cousins; Teresa Maccapani Missoni and Ottavio Missoni.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Orchids are Rosita’s favorite flowers; a big seventy-seven composition adorns the center wall of the sitting room.
Note: the Frank Gehry cardboard chairs and the striped sideboards.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. We all gathered around the piano to sing the song after which Rosita was named, Chuidi Gli Occhi Rosita (Close Your Eyes Little Rose).
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Cousins; Teresa Maccapani Missoni and Ottavio Missoni.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Orchids are Rosita’s favorite flowers; a big seventy-seven composition adorns the center wall of the sitting room.
Note: the Frank Gehry cardboard chairs and the striped sideboards.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. We all gathered around the piano to sing the song after which Rosita was named, Chuidi Gli Occhi Rosita (Close Your Eyes Little Rose).
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party – the song. Rosita gets her name from her grandmother Rosa, and also from this song, Chuidi Gli Occhi Rosita (Close Your Eyes Little Rose), which was in vogue when she was born.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Rossana Orlandi.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party - crudite. It is always so nice to have fresh vegetables to munch on. Radiccio from Treviso, carrots and fennel looked great in these white glasses next to them is a big wooden bowl filled with more of these crudités.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Rosita’s brother, Gianpiero and his son, Angelo Jelmini.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Rosita’s right hand design assistant, Eva Gundersen.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Among the presents, Rosita an AC Milan supporter, received this T-shirt from her grandchildren, inscribed with Nonna, the Italian for grandmother and her 77 years.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Rosita’s brother, Giancarlo Jelmini and her son, Vittorio Missoni.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Before – the coffee table looked great with all the gold leaf ashtrays and objects on it.
Note: the two polka dot 1960s inspired chairs in the background.
After - the coffee table after the deserts. Note the Missoni Home plates designed by Rosita, big bold flowers in black and white or colored with gold leaf and the striped carpet.
Entertaining: Rosita’s birthday party. Rosita and her grandchildren; Teresa, Giacomo, Ottavio, Francesco, Marco and Margherita.