“In Los Angeles, I find the best Missoni vintage from the Seventies, even end of the Sixties,” said Angela Missoni. “I always felt that there is something about Missoni rooted in L.A.” The creative director and president of the family-owned Italian brand was in town on Saturday night to celebrate the launch of “Missoni: The Great Italian Fashion,” published by Rizzoli and written by Massimiliano Capella, a professor of costume and fashion history at Italy’s University of Bergamo.

The publication is the first of its kind, created with complete access to the company’s rich archives. “The right time has been since a long time, because we don’t have a book on Missoni,” she said of the timing for the release, out this month. “It happens that we were offered to do this book. I’m happy that finally there is a Missoni publication.”