| Rosita Missoni | |
|---|---|
 Rosita in 2019 | |
| Born | Rosita Jelmini (1931-11-20)20 November 1931 Golasecca, Italy |
| Died | 1 January 2025(2025-01-01) (aged 93) Sumirago, Italy |
| Occupations |
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| Board member of | Missoni |
| Spouse |
Ottavio Missoni
(m. 1953; died 2013) |
| Children | 3, including Vittorio |
| Website | www |
Rosita Missoni (née Jelmini; 20 November 1931 – 1 January 2025) was an Italian knitwear designer. She and her husband Ottavio Missoni co-founded Italian luxury fashion house Missoni.
Early life
Rosita Jelmini was born in Golasecca, northern Italy, on 20 November 1931.
Career
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.
Personal life and death
She and Ottavio Missoni married in 1953. 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. Ottavio Missoni died later that year.
Missoni died at her home in Sumirago on 1 January 2025, at the age of 93.
References
- "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]".
- ^ 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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