Rosita Missoni

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. She came from a family of textile artisans based in the Milan region specializing in the manufacture of shawls

Career Rosita met Ottavio Missoni in 1948, when he was participating in the London Olympics, and they married in 1953.

From 1997, the couple's children, Angela, Luca, and Vittorio Missoni, took over management of the fashion house, sharing the creative and financial aspects, She regularly received journalists there.