<p>MILAN — Angela Missoni is leaving the role of creative director after 24 years at the Missoni fashion house founded by her parents, Ottavio and Rosita. </p>
<p>Missoni, 62, announced the move in an interview with Business of Fashion published on Tuesday, indicating that the naming of a new CEO during the pandemic and the role of a private investment fund in backing the fashion house had given her “the confidence” to make the move. </p>
<p>Design director Alberto Caliri, who has worked alongside Missoni for 15 years, will take over the creative role for an interim. </p>
<p>“My parents invented a new language in fashion,” Missoni told the publication. “And I think over the past 25 years I’ve been able to extend the lexicon of this language.” </p>
<p>Missoni will stay on as president of the family-run fashion house, while other family members retain roles in the company, including her mother, who runs Missoni homewares. </p>
<p>The Missoni family maintains majority control of the house, after selling a 41.2%-stake to the Italian investment fund FSI in 2018. </p>
<p>Other recent changes include closing the secondary line M Missoni in March. It was being run by Angela Missoni’s daughter, Margherita. </p>
