Let's enjoy these fabulous creations of our featured Designer ROBERTO CAVALLI. Creativity at its BEST!
Roberto Cavalli (Italian pronunciation: [ro’berto ka’val:i] is an Italian fashion designer from Florence. He is known for exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans. He is the father of fashion designer Daniele Cavalli (b. 1986).
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.
Roberto Cavalli
ROBERTO CAVALLI likes his women glamorous, confident, powerful and with a wild side. Today he refuelled their wardrobes with silver alligator biker jackets and backless, body-hugging crochet dresses in black and white that were smoking hot and fabulous to watch - even for people for whom the words "backless", "and "bodyhugging" in the same sentence would only ever refer to swimwear and only under duress.
After a Just Cavalli collection earlier in the week that erred on the side of tasteless, we hoped today would have all the bling but without dispelling Cavalli's very particular notion of class - and it did. The skins reappeared on long, beaded, python-printed chiffon dresses that were hung with fur stoles and tied at the back of the neck with long tasselled laces. One, in degrade pink, proved Cavalli a master of delicacy, each dress as ambitious as the last - while the palette of black and white, palest pink, mint and silver underlined the point that in spite of the flesh flashing, he can do subtlety too - in his own way.
Gladiator strapped heels up to the knee gave the Cavalli woman her stride and - while we would have liked to see a little less of the glitter at times - this was a collection to show that Cavalli is still very much in his.
After a Just Cavalli collection earlier in the week that erred on the side of tasteless, we hoped today would have all the bling but without dispelling Cavalli's very particular notion of class - and it did. The skins reappeared on long, beaded, python-printed chiffon dresses that were hung with fur stoles and tied at the back of the neck with long tasselled laces. One, in degrade pink, proved Cavalli a master of delicacy, each dress as ambitious as the last - while the palette of black and white, palest pink, mint and silver underlined the point that in spite of the flesh flashing, he can do subtlety too - in his own way.
Gladiator strapped heels up to the knee gave the Cavalli woman her stride and - while we would have liked to see a little less of the glitter at times - this was a collection to show that Cavalli is still very much in his.
Dolly Jones
Roberto Cavalli
Roberto Cavalli
Roberto Cavalli
ROBERTO CAVALLI is very good with a centrepiece. Whether it’s an arrangement of coral and pearls positioned on the table on his purple iridescent yacht or some other decorative masterpiece at home in the roaming Florence hills, one can always expect this kind of attention to detail. This afternoon’s centerpiece for his autumn show was a circular shallow pool, bordered in a ring of fire – real fire, which was sparked up by a sequence of popping, whizzing fireworks.
In a filled-to-capacity tent, as the scorching heat rose from the flickering flames the expressions on editors' faces as they anxiously scanned for a fire exit said it all: “Please, let's not die here.” Good news: we didn’t. It turned out that fire was something of a theme as models strode out in silky black crystal-laden gowns with hemlines printed in flames. Later, it appeared in a more abstract way, morphing into a red and orange tie-dye intarsia on black fuzzy mohair sweaters.
The thing one has to take into account when theorising about Roberto Cavalli clothes is the lifestyle they are intended for, and just as important, the woman who will pine for them. She will go crazy for one of this season’s beaded leather and silk gowns with skirts sliced into swishing streamers, so too a pair of those python skin, second-skin flares, a grey military coat with nipped-in waist and burst of fox fur at the collar, so too that little crocodile skin jacket, the studded bikers and sleeveless sable – and of course, she can always do with another of those Deco-printed silk flares and matching blouse sets, the ones that make legs look like they go on for miles and miles.
It’s worth mentioning the quality of craftsmanship and the intricacies of some of those embroideries on his series of scalloped-edged Art Deco flapper dresses, even if his customer won’t, and that doesn’t matter, she just wants something to go dancing in ‘til dawn. But there was lots here this afternoon that will go elsewhere, too, namely a pair of salt 'n pepper tweedy tailored trousers, and a black, grey and ivory blanket shawl (a trend from pre-autumn/winter that’s set to continue). Oh yes, she’ll swoosh that on whenever she travels - which, for a Cavalli girl is often - and no doubt she’ll feel like a million dollars.
Sarah Harris
Photo: Courtesy of Roberto Cavalli
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
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