Rosita Missoni
Rosita Missoni | |
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 Rosita in 2019 | |
| Born | Rosita Jelmini 20 November 1931 |
| Died | 1 January 2025 (aged 93) Sumirago, Italy |
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| Board member of | Missoni |
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| Website | www |
Rosita Missoni (née Jelmini; 20 November 1931 – 1 January 2025[1]) was an Italian knitwear designer. She and her husband Ottavio Missoni co-founded Italian luxury fashion house Missoni.[2]
Early life
[edit]Rosita Jelmini was born in Golasecca, northern Italy, on 20 November 1931.[3]
Career
[edit]In 1953, she and her husband Ottavio started a small knitwear store in Gallarate. The business would become the fashion house Missoni. They later moved to Sumirago where they built a factory. They were part of a group of Italian designers whose ready-to-wear clothing became popular globally in the 1950s and 1960s.[4]
Personal life and death
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She and Ottavio Missoni married in 1953.[3] They had three children, all of whom became involved with the Missoni business; their son, Vittorio Missoni, was CEO until his death in a plane crash in 2013.[3] Ottavio Missoni died later that year.[3]
Missoni died at her home in Sumirago on 1 January 2025, at the age of 93.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Addio a Rosita Missoni, con lei il mito delle trame multicolori". 2 January 2025.
- ^ Blazio-Licorish, Tonya (2 January 2025). "Rosita Missoni Matriarch, Cofounder and Designer of the Missoni Luxury Brand Dies at 93 [PHOTOS]".
- ^ a b c d e Wertheim, Bonnie (2 January 2025). "Rosita Missoni, Who Turned Zigzag Sweaters Into High Fashion, Dies at 93". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ Conlon, Scarlett (2 January 2025). "Italian fashion designer and 'colour genius' Rosita Missoni dies aged 93". The Guardian.
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