Missoni Celebrates Decades of Textile Heritage With an Ode to the Caperdoni Machine

The Machine That Makes Missoni, Missoni The Caperdoni machine is used exclusively by Missoni, preserved with care and not replicated elsewhere in the industry. The process begins by hand: artisans interlace between 600 and 1,200 threads to create bobbins, the foundational building blocks of the fabric.

Those bobbins are then fed into the Caperdoni, which transforms the hand assembled, multicoloured spools into the richly textured, vibrant textile surfaces that have defined Missoni‘s visual identity for decades. The machine, by design, takes its time.

According to Missoni, the Caperdoni loom produces just one and a half metres of textile per hour, a pace that is entirely intentional and central to the quality of the finished fabric.

A New Chapter for a Heritage Technique The Design Week installation also marks a significant creative milestone for the brand: the introduction of Caperdoni fabric into Missoni‘s home category…