29 Margherita Missoni Quotes for You to Enjoy

Margherita Missoni

Italian Designer

Born: Feb 22, 1983

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I've always tried to control everything and every aspect of my life, and this is maybe the biggest lesson I've learnt with motherhood - you just can't control everything, and I'm much more relaxed now about unexpected changes and things that happen. Margherita Missoni

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It's always fun to visit multiple locations on one trip, but I think it also really depends on the ages of those on holiday. As a child, I loved spending time in one vacation spot, getting attached to the location, becoming comfortable, and feeling as though I were at home. This is something I would like for my children to experience. Margherita Missoni

Time Home Experience Feeling Think Spending Spending Time Location Those Locations Though Visit Would Trip Something Attached Like Also Comfortable Spot Always Becoming Were Child Getting Depends Children Loved Holiday Ages Really Fun Multiple Vacation

I think that clothes and accessories define and describe who we are. I can't see many differences between them; they are indeed a way to introduce ourselves to other people, and they help us transmitting a message to others. Margherita Missoni

When we were children, every day after school, my brother and sister and I would go to my mother's office. It was full of pencils and marker and fabrics and beads. It was so much fun to be a child and to express my creativity through drawing and to playing dress-up in all of the wonderful and colorful clothes. Margherita Missoni

Day Creativity Every Day Wonderful School Mother Sister Clothes Every Drawing Pencils Would Brother Brother And Sister Fabrics Dress-Up Beads Through Colorful Go Were Child Office So Much Fun Children After After-School Much Full Fun Express Playing

I have a lot of Missoni tablecloths, but for breakfast, we use placemats - we call them 'American-style.' I have some in crazy patterns from the Swedish brand Svenskt Tenn. And I like plates from Grottaglie in Puglia, stained in wild colors. Margherita Missoni

Crazy Breakfast Wild Some Colors Like Call Lot Brand Stained Patterns Them Swedish Use Plates

I've been eating a porridge of millet for breakfast, something that my doula recommended I eat. It doesn't taste that great, but it's supposed to be really nourishing for the baby, and you're not supposed to eat any gluten when you're pregnant. I've been making pancakes out of it and add berries. Margherita Missoni

My phone is all ping-ping, eBay alerts. Margherita Missoni

Phone

My ambitions are less important than my well-being. My children come first. Margherita Missoni

First Important Ambition Come Well-Being Than Children Less

When I became a mum myself, I really struggled to find great kids' clothes. Everything was either gorgeous but impossible to actually get open to change a nappy and expensive or poor quality. Margherita Missoni

I'm not keen on the Mini Me trend. In my opinion, kids' clothes should be kids' clothes. Margherita Missoni

Me Trend Clothes Mini Kids Opinion In My Opinion Should Keen

We live in the countryside, 15 minutes from the closest town, so I would never have time to drive and go somewhere. So I have a personal trainer come to my house, normally three times a week, and we do circuit training depending on what I need. Margherita Missoni

Time Training Three Somewhere Drive Live Circuit Circuit Training Would Minutes Week Never Town Come Countryside House Go Normally Times Trainer Personal Closest Depending Personal Trainer Need

A simple thing that we do is hot and cold showers for circulation. And using aloe vera on your face, but I guess that's not very Italian because we don't naturally have it, I think. Margherita Missoni

Simple Face Think Cold Guess Circulation Simple Thing Hot Because Vera Italian Very Your Naturally Showers Using Thing

I live for any excuse to 'dress for the occasion.' Margherita Missoni

Live Dress Excuse Occasion Any

I grew up in the same place as my mother, seeing the same trees my mother saw when she was at work; the flowers I picked were the flowers that my grandma planted. We have different styles; I wouldn't make the same clothes that my mum made, or my grandma, but we have the same taste. Margherita Missoni

When I was growing up, my family was serious about manners. I always wanted to put my elbow on the table to prop my head up. I didn't understand how other people looked awake. My head felt so heavy after the whole day. Margherita Missoni

Day Family People Manners Other Table Prop About Put Head Looked Felt Understand Always How Up Heavy Wanted After Elbow Whole Awake Serious Growing Growing Up

There may be people who try to imitate art when they get dressed and people who just get dressed to cover themselves up, but I guess that both send out messages and communicate their ideas and feelings through their looks. Margherita Missoni

My grandmother Rosita, my mother Angela and I have probably got different styles but we have very similar tastes. For example, I don't find it hard to use colours or wear knits, since it's something that comes to me naturally. Margherita Missoni

Every little detail of my life is, and has always been, surrounded by fashion - from the cup I drink my coffee from in the morning to my constant travels - fashion always pops up somewhere and somehow. Margherita Missoni

Life Fashion Morning Coffee My Life Somewhere Every Detail Constant Somehow Drink Always Been Cup Surrounded Up Little Pops Travels

My mother persuaded me not to pluck my eyebrows when I was a teenager - right now I'm so grateful I never did! She also taught me to pour 2 kg. of salt in my bath whenever I feel swollen and tired - and to end it with a cold shower. It does wonders. Margherita Missoni

Me Tired Grateful Mother Pour Salt Cold Bath Teenager Eyebrows Pluck Never Feel Also She Does End Did Wonders Taught Whenever Persuaded Shower Now Swollen Right

I saw a photo of a Christian Lacroix couture dress when I was in my teens and decided right then that that's how I wanted to look on my wedding day. In my mind, that's what angels looked like. Margherita Missoni

Day Mind Christian Teens Saw Photo Dress Angels Wedding Like Look Looked How Couture Wanted Decided Then Right

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