"Mushrooms never grow in isolation-to see one is to assume a vast network of mycelium sprouting unseen nearby. In the holiday apartment of Rosita Missoni, the late founder of the fashion brand Missoni, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, such fungal figures abound. The motifs appear everywhere: rows of toadstools atop the fireplace's stone mantel; scientific illustrations mounted in thin wood frames on the walls; a set of upholstered ottomans in the shape of spotted, red-capped fly agarics-psychedelic perches fit for Alice's Wonderland."
"On late summer mornings-dressed in her mountain uniform, a Banana Republic safari vest layered over an old favorite shirt with a kerchief knotted neatly at her neck-she would wake early to climb the steep mountain slopes in search of her prize: fat, umbrella-shaped porcini and feather-like golden chanterelles. "She even had a specific retractable knife with a brush to clean them," remembers her granddaughter Margherita Maccapani Missoni, the creative director of fashion brand Maccapani."
Rosita Missoni's Crans-Montana holiday penthouse overflows with mushroom motifs, from toadstool rows on the fireplace mantel to scientific illustrations and upholstered fly-agaric ottomans. The Missoni family began visiting the Alps in the 1960s and eventually purchased mirror-image penthouse flats near the village center. Rosita foraged porcini and chanterelles on steep mountain slopes, using a retractable knife with a brush to clean them so spores would fall on the forest floor. She dressed in a Banana Republic safari vest, an old shirt, and a kerchief for morning hunts. The interiors mix folksy flea-market finds and the brand's signature vibrant patterns throughout. The penthouses connect via shared balconies to accommodate extended family gatherings.
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