Rosita Missoni, co-founder of the Italian luxury retailer Missoni, has reportedly died on Thursday at the age of 93, trade magazine WWD has reported. She founded Missoni in 1953 with her husband Ottavio Missoni, who passed away in May 2013 at the age of 93.
Rosita Missoni was born in 1931 in Golasecca, about 60 kilometres from Milan. Near her birthplace there was a factory for scarves and embroidered fabrics, founded by her maternal grandparents, the Torranis. Both her parents, Angelo Jelmini and Diamante Torrani, worked there.
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