Missoni Takes Over Mandarin Oriental Marrakech’s Pool Garden for a Year

The pool at Mandarin Oriental Marrakech has acquired a new wardrobe. Missoni’s first Resort Club in Morocco opened on November 5, bringing the Italian fashion house’s distinctive zigzags to the resort’s Pool Garden in a collaboration planned to last at least one year.

Missoni and Mandarin Oriental have dressed the pool with patterned parasols, cushions for the daybeds and towels in shades of navy, turquoise, cream and vivid green. These are not simply decorative touches in a lobby: the collaboration occupies a specific part of the resort designed for a full day beside the water, with Missoni-themed playing cards and brightly coloured poolside treats among the details.

The Pool Garden’s geometric paving, reflecting water and surrounding palms give the patterns a setting quite different from a conventional branded beach club. Missoni’s creative director Alberto Caliri has framed the project around that relationship between the fashion house’s visual language and the resort’s architecture.

Access is available to guests staying in the hotel’s private-pool villas, and to visitors reserving its Pool Day Pass in advance, subject to availability. The hotel has not published a fixed day-pass price in its November 5 announcement, so enquiries and reservations should go directly to the resort.

The project is a poolside design partnership, not the opening of a new standalone hotel. Its year-long duration means the installation will remain part of the resort’s Marrakech offering beyond the winter season.