Young Roberto Cavalli portrait.
Roberto Cavalli with models.
Roberto Cavalli, work process.
Roberto Cavalli's fashion show.
Roberto Cavalli's company logo.
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Roberto Cavalli S.p.A.
Young Roberto Cavalli portrait.
Roberto Cavalli with models.
Roberto Cavalli, work process.
Roberto Cavalli's fashion show.
Roberto Cavalli's company logo.
Designer Roberto Cavalli.
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Mr. Cavalli was born in Florence, Italy, on November 15, 1940. Artistic talent ran in the family as his grandfather, Giuseppe Rossi, was an artist and a member of the Macchiaioli Movement, whose work is exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery, and his mother was a seamstress.
Roberto Cavalli enrolled at the local Art Institute, concentrating in textile print. While still a student, he made a series of flower prints on knit that caught the attention of major Italian hosiery factories.
In the early 1970s, Mr. Cavalli invented and patented a revolutionary printing procedure on leather, and he started creating patchworks of different materials. He debuted these techniques in Paris, immediately getting commissions from the likes of Hermès and Pierre Cardin. At age 32, he presented his first namesake collection at the Salon for Prêt-à-Porter in Paris. He brought it to the catwalks of the Sala Bianca of Palazzo Pitti in Florence, and later on those of Milano Collezioni jeans made of printed denim, intarsia leathers, brocade and wild prints. Mr. Cavalli was a judge at the Miss Universe 1977 pageant where his future wife (Eva Duringer) was a contestant.
In July 2011 his company collection was presented at the catwalk of The Brandery fashion show in Barcelona. In Milan in 1994, Roberto Cavalli presented the first sand-blasted jeans. By December of the same year, he had opened boutiques in Saint Barth, in the French Caribbean, followed by others in Venice and Saint-Tropez. In 1998, Mr. Cavalli started the Just Cavalli line, a more accessible line for a wider audience.
Besides the main line, which is sold in over fifty countries worldwide, Mr. Roberto Cavalli designs RC Menswear as well as the youth aimed line Just Cavalli, launched in 2000 and comprising today men’s wear, women’s wear and accessories, eyewear, watches, jewelry, perfumes, underwear, and beachwear.
In 2002, Mr. Cavalli opened his first café-store in Florence, revamping it with his signature animal prints. This was shortly followed by the opening in Milan of the Just Cavalli café at Torre Branca and another boutique on Via della Spiga. Mr. Cavalli was sharply criticized in 2004 by the Hindu community for marketing a line of feminine underwear (designed for Harrods) which featured the images of Hindu goddesses. The line was eventually withdrawn and formal apologies were made. In 2007, Roberto Cavalli designed the costumes for the Spice Girls’ World Tour. The same year he designed a one time collection for H&M.
As of January 2014, Roberto Cavalii returned to the role of men's creative director from his son, Daniele Cavalli, starting with the 2014 fall collection, appointing Martyn Bal as his righthand man. Also, on 24 January 2014, Gianluca Brozzetti (CEO) and Carlo Di Biagio (COO) announced they were leaving the fashion brand. In May 2014, Mr. Cavalli approached Investcorp, an investment firm in the Persian Gulf, as a potential buyer of a stake in his fashion brand.
Highly appreciated in the fashion world, Roberto Cavalli is known for exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans. The high-end Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli sells luxury clothing, perfume and leather accessories. The designer collaborate with some of the music industry's leading female artists such as Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Lopez. On June 18, 2013, he was awarded an Honorary Master Diploma in Fashion Management from Domus Academy in Milan, during a ceremony after which he held a lectio magistralis.
Nieves Alvarez' Roberto Cavalli couture sketch
A sketch of the Roberto Cavalli dress worn by Kristen Stewart at the London premiere of "The Twilling Saga Breaking Dawn - Part 1"
Nieves Alvarez' Roberto Cavalli couture sketch
Sketch of Ciara’s wedding dress
Sketches of the World Cup 2010 Shakira's dress
Roberto Cavalli sketch
Quotations:
"I really admire a woman for her intelligence, her personality. Beauty is not enough."
"Leopard is an animal design, and my designs come from nature."
"In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom."
"Today, I'm very happy about myself, because I realized my dreams. I learned how to understand what people want."
"I love women's fashion, but women don't need me as much as men do. It's the men who have nothing to wear."
"If somebody for some reason, for music or for movie, becomes famous, it's because they have something, something special."
"The press attack people to sell more papers without thinking, but when you get famous you have to put up with this kind of stuff."
"My dream, maybe because of my family, of course, was to be a painter. I chose in one moment the direction of textiles; from textiles I went to fashion."
Mr. Cavalli was married twice. In 1980, Roberto Cavalli married his wife Eva Duringer. He has five children: Tommaso and Christiana from his first marriage, and Robert, Rachele, and Daniele from his second marriage.
