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Rosita Jelmini and Ottavio Missoni in 1975. While in London for the Olympics, Missoni met the 16-year-old Rosita Jelmini, an English student from Golasecca, Italy. She was in the audience at Wembley at the time he was running in the finals. They married five years later on 18 April 1953. Their first son, Vittorio, was born on 25 ...
Missoni is an Italian luxury fashion house based in Varese, and known for its colourful knitwear designs. The company was founded by Ottavio ("Tai") and Rosita Missoni in 1953.
Dec 10, 2021 · Rosita Jelmini (above, top, at age 2) was born in Golasecca, Italy, but she was a 16-year-old student in London when she met her future husband, Ottavio Missoni (above), a 27-year-old who was in...
May 9, 2013 · Mr. Missoni, an Italian track star, and his young bride, Rosita, created the Missoni label in the 1950s, and for many decades it was considered the height of Italian sophistication, known for...
May 9, 2013 · Ottavio Missoni, founder of the global family fashion empire that spawned the no-bra look and revolutionized textile patterns with its trademark bold stripes and zig-zag patterns, died on...
Feb 11, 2021 · Running also led to him meeting in 1948 his lifelong partner, then Rosita Jelmini, when he was competing in the London Olympics. She was on an English language course chaperoned by the Swiss...
Missoni was born of the partnership between husband and wife design duo Ottavio and Rosita Missoni. Ottavio designed and plotted the patterns and colors while Rosita designed the shape and structure of the garments. Rosita and Ottavio helped put Italian fashion on the map.
