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		</div><p>Rosita Missoni, the matriarch of the Italian fashion house that turned colourful zigzag-patterned knitwear into high fashion, has died aged 93.</p>
<p>Missoni SpA confirmed the death and planned a statement along with the family later, said Alberto Gualeni, an international spokesperson for the company in Milan.</p>
<p>Local officials offered condolences and recalled Missoni’s ties to the small northern city of Gallarate where the brand was born in an artisan’s shop in 1953.</p>
<p>Born Rosita Jelmini, Missoni grew up in a family that owned a textile factory that produced shawls.</p>
<p>When she met and married Ottavio Missoni, they founded their eponymous fashion house in Gallarate that would turn into a fashion dynasty, with the couple’s three children and their offspring involved in expanding the brand.</p>
<p>The Missonis got their first break in 1958, when the Rinascente department store commissioned 500 colourful vertically striped shirt dresses — the first to carry the Missoni label.</p>
<p>The Missonis first showed their collection in Milan in 1966 and the brand helped turn the city into a fashion mecca.</p>
<p>Their signature fashions, with the trademark graphic zigzags, long had a reputation for wearability and for surviving many seasons of changing trends. Family members were often the brand’s best models, wearing Missoni creations in everyday life.</p>
<p>The founders turned over the business to their children in 1997, though Rosita remained involved in the Missoni home collection.</p>
<figure id="attachment_185232" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185232" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_7344.webp" alt="" width="640" height="402" class="size-full wp-image-185232" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-185232" class="wp-caption-text">Rosita and Ottavio Missoni take to the catwalk after presenting their fashion collection in 1982 in Milan</figcaption></figure>
<p>In 2013, as the company celebrated its 60th anniversary, the family endured a double tragedy.</p>
<p>The eldest Missoni son and the company’s CEO, Vittorio Missoni, died when a plane carrying him and five others disappeared off Venezuela.</p>
<p>It took six months to locate the wreckage in the sea off the South American country, during which time patriarch Ottavio Missoni died, aged 92.</p>
<p>In 2018, the family sold a 41.2% stake to the Italian investment fund FSI but maintained majority control of the house.</p>
<p>In 2021, the youngest daughter, Angela Missoni, stepped down as creative director after 24 years</p>
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