Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli dies aged 83

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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italian-fashion-designer-roberto-cavalli-dies-aged-83-2024-04-12/



April 12 (Reuters) - Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, known for his animal-print designs loved by showbusiness stars, has died at the age of 83, his company said. Cavalli, who founded his label in the early 1970s, had been ill for some time. He is survived by his six children and his partner Sandra Bergman Nilsson.

"The Roberto Cavalli company shares condolences with Mr. Cavalli's family, his legacy remains a constant source of inspiration," Sergio Azzolari, chief executive of Roberto Cavalli, said in a post on Instagram. The designer died on Friday at his home in Florence, Italian news agency ANSA reported.

Cavalli, who used bright colours and patchwork effects in his often revealing creations, was an extroverted art lover who wore tinted glasses and smoked a cigar. He expanded into real estate and often spent evenings in his popular "Just Cavalli Cafe," a nightclub in central Milan.

Giorgio Armani said he always had "enormous respect" for Cavalli even though his vision of fashion could not have been more different. "Roberto was a true artist, wild and wonderful in his use of prints, capable of transforming fantasy into seductive clothes," he posted on social media platform X.

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RIP

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1. I worked with this dude at the blood center I'm retired from who had some relative in Italy that sent him these

Italian shirts. He used to wear them and pulled it off pretty well. Didn't have an ounce of fat on him though. Some of them were pretty flamboyant.

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3. these are some mens shirts from his latest collection (S/S 2024)

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2. Bold is right

Love,y colours

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4. That dress screams out to be worn whilst touring a RW christofash Garden of Eden amusement park