Remembering Rosita Missoni, who turned zigzag sweaters into high fashion


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From left: Eugenio Amos, Margherita Amos, Francesco Maccapani, Rosita Missoni, Angela Missoni and Teresa Maccapani arrive at the Fashion Group International award dinner in New York, Oct 22, 2013. Photo: The New York Times

Rosita Missoni, who, with her husband, Ottavio, built a luxury clothing brand on a foundation of boldly colourful striped and zigzagged knitwear that helped make Milan a capital of Italian high fashion, died Wednesday (Jan 1) at her home in Sumirago, in northern Italy. She was 93.

Her death was confirmed Thursday (Jan 2) by Angela Mariani, communications consultant for Missoni.

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