Roberto Cavalli: Inventive Mastercraftsman
By: Boyd Davis
Photo below: Roberto Cavalli (left) on the runway, Fall 2006.
Photo by: Giovanni Pucci

Florentine-born Roberto Cavalli is the grandson of Giuseppe Rossi, the illustratious Florentine impressionist painter.

Though he followed family tradition and went to the Arts, he also decided to make his own name in fashion, using his inborn talent to create clothes.

Known for his work in leather, Roberto Cavalli is a master craftsman who has also mastered the technique of using leather both as a fabric and for use in accessories.

He is also inventive designer, whose skill is revamping classics rather than offering new silhouettes.

Cavalli's great strength is making wild, erotic clothes that push sensuality to the limit without becoming lewd.

That talent has won him a hoard of well-heeled admirers who want to look hot without looking indecent.

His women have an erotic, almost feral quality symbolized this season by their soft, suede cave-girl boots, Indian feather earrings and necklaces, and belts covered in tortoise shell and mother-of-pearl objects.

In 2002, Roberto Cavalli won Fashion Group International's 'Provacateur Award'.

Just Cavalli Fall 2007 (Photo by Giovanni Pucci)

Spring 2007 (Photo by Giovanni Pucci)

Website: www.robertocavalli.com
Email: info@robertocavalli.it

Address:
Roberto Cavalli New York
745 Fifth Avenue 31st Floor
New York, NY 10051
Tel: 212-308-5566
Fax: 212-646-8401152

Roberto Cavalli Milan
Via Senato 8
ang. Via S. Primo
Milano, 20121
Tel: 39 02 7 630-3701
Fax: 39-02-7 630-3739

Press Contact:
ROBERTO CAVALLI
Teresa La Fosca
Via Gesu 19
20121 Milano MI
ITALY
Tel: +39 02 76 26 76 1
Fax: +39 02 76 26 76 39