Rosita jelmini biography of rory

When she was a teenager, she went to her grandparents' textile company every day, making paper dolls with the pages of glossy magazines, then cutting out the shapes of her first creations on pieces of leftover fabric. As an adult, she tried designing with tweed and boiled wool, typically rendered in African abstract designs, and Anglo-Saxon applied arts, in a mix that was always recognizable, always beautiful.

Inthe New York Times wrote, "The Missonis make the best knitwear in the world and, according to some, the most beautiful fashion in the world. Since then, not much has changed. There has been expansion and evolution, recognition, and births: a second and third Missoni generation. In the meantime, Missoni has remained steadfast, her time always divided between work and the garden, which is also as colorful as her clothes, a reminder of Liguria in Lombardy.

From the house in Sumirago, on the wooded hills behind Milan where Missoni gave one of her last interviews for the New York Timesthe company's factory was clearly visible beyond the bunches of cucumbers, garlic shoots, and yellow marigolds—like a continuum of that beautiful garden. She was 93 years old. Rosita Jelmini was born in in the town of Golasecca, Lombardy.

After graduating from her language studies inRosita traveled to London on a trip that was designed to improve her English, supervised by Swiss nuns. Known as Tai, Ottavio was a decade older than Rosita. The pair arranged a proper meeting by the Eros statue in Piccadilly. At the time, Tai was producing his own knit tracksuits, including bottoms with a zip so that they could easily be pulled on over trainers.

He later made the Italian uniforms for the Olympics. Back in Italy, the pair courted and got engaged in When the couple married inshe left the family business in order to set up a new one with her husband. The company was initially named Maglifio Jolly. These were set up in the basement studio of their house in Gallarate, northwest of Milan.

Bywhen their third child Angela was born, they had generated enough interest from retailers to put their own name on the garments they were producing. The couple got their big break that year when Milanese department store La Rinascente ordered a large collection of colourful striped dresses, all with Missoni labels. These were then featured in the shop window.

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Rosita jelmini biography of rory

Ottavio Missoni. Early life [ edit ]. Career [ edit ]. Personal life and death [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. The New York Times. Retrieved 2 January Colorful, timeless fashion The daughter of northern Italian shawl-makersRosita Jelmini was born in in the small town of Golasecca, not far from Milan, in the province of Varese in Lombardy.

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