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The fashion dynasty is expanding, too: Ottavio and Rosita's granddaughter, Margherita, has promoted Missoni perfume and starred in advertising campaigns.
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This year's most exciting venture is between Rosita Missoni (an early pioneer of fashion-design collaboration) and the Swedish firm Bolon.
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Rosita Yiu, who oversees the effort, says Accor will open another 50 this year and perhaps 50 more next year.
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Ottavio and Rosita turned over the business to their children in 1997.
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Known to friends by his nickname "Tai, " Ottavio Missoni founded the company in 1953, along with his wife, Rosita Jelmini, who survives him.
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Missoni recalled in an autobiography published for his 90th birthday that one evening he and Rosita snuck down to view their creations displayed in the store window.
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"It was Tai and Rosita who founded, along with few others, Italian fashion in the 1950s, " said Mario Boselli, chairman of the Milan Fashion Chamber who knew Missoni for decades.
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