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It happened here, 64 years ago during the 1948 London Olympics.
Ottavio Missoni, then 27, was part of the Italian 400 meters hurdles team.
Rosita Jelmini was a shy 16-year-old in town to improve her English.
They met at a lunch in Brighton.
SOUNDBITE: Rosita Missoni, Founder of Fashion House "Missoni," saying (English)
"He was handsome but not only, he was clever and intelligent with a great sense of humor which has been very helpful in all our life, which now has been 59 years."
Together on a shoestring budget they started a company that became a fashion empire.
Missoni today is a 60-million dollar (USD) fashion house run by their children and grand children.
But none of this would have happened without the 1948 games, which in the wake of World War II was a sign of hope for many.
SOUNDBITE: Ottavio Missoni, Founder of Fashion House "Missoni," saying (Italian)
"These were a beautiful Olympic Games because it was very natural and spontaneous, not like now, where it's inflated, blown out of proportion."
Due to health concerns the Missoni's are not going to London this year.
And they don't have to as they already have fond memories of the London Olympics, it was just in another time.
Elly Park, Reuters.
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