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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| 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. [1]
Rosita Jelmini was born in Golasecca, northern Italy, on 20 November 1931. [2] Her family were textile artisans based in the Milan region who specialized in the manufacture of shawls [3] [4]
She met Ottavio Missoni in 1948 when he was participating in the London Olympics, [5] and married him in 1953. [3]
In 1953, she and 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. [5] The brand became famous for its colorful knitted garments with zigzag patterns, made on "Raschel" machines like those used by Rosita Missoni's family for making shawls. [5] Rosita Missoni cites Sonia Delaunay as one of her inspirations. [6]
From 1997, the couple's children, Angela, Luca, and Vittorio Missoni, took over the management of the fashion house, sharing the creative and financial aspects, [5] while Rosita Missoni developed Missoni Home and dedicated herself to interior design by reusing old patterns. [3]
She and Ottavio Missoni married in 1953. [2] 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. [2] Ottavio Missoni died later that year. [2]
Rosita Missoni lived in a house in Sumirago since 1970, which she decorated in a colourful and exuberant way, with a certain proportion of pieces found at flea markets. [7] She regularly received journalists there. [7]
Missoni died at her home in Sumirago on 1 January 2025, at the age of 93. [2] [8]
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Events in the year 2013 in Italy.
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Events from the year 1931 in Italy.
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Events during the year 2025 in Italy.
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