Roberto Cavalli, whose fashions have been a red-carpet staple for many years, has died, the corporate bearing the designer’s title introduced Friday. He was 83.
Cavalli died Friday in Florence, Italy, the place he was born and the place he made his dwelling. He had been in poor health for a while and his well being had worsened in latest days, Italian information company ANSA reported.
“It’s with nice unhappiness that in the present day we are saying our remaining goodbyes to our founder Robert Cavalli,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement Friday on Instagram. “From humble beginnings in Florence Roberto succeeded in turning into a globally recognised title liked and revered by all. Naturally proficient and artistic, Roberto believed that everybody can uncover and nurture the artist inside themselves. Roberto Cavalli’s legacy will dwell on by way of his creativity, his love of nature and by way of his household who he cherished.”
Beyoncé, Zendaya, Girl Gaga, Ciara, Priyanka Chopra, Nicole Kidman, Bella Hadid, Naomi Campbell, Kim Kardashian and Rita Ora are among the many celebrities who’ve worn Cavalli designs, preceded by the likes of Sophia Loren and Brigitte Bardot. Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Lopez sought him for concert-tour wardrobes, and Madonna was seen in a three-piece, emerald inexperienced Cavalli go well with in Miami as lately this week.
Cavalli, who was born Nov. 15, 1940, launched his model within the Seventies, first collaborating with others after which going it on his personal. He turned identified for his use of printed leather-based — animal prints have been a staple. “I copy the gown of an animal as a result of I really like to repeat God,” Cavalli mentioned in a quote posted Friday in his firm’s Instagram tales. “I feel God is essentially the most implausible designer.”
In 1995, he collaborated with Lycra to create the primary stretchy denims. He redesigned Playboy’s well-known Bunny costumes in 2005, put his title on a line for H&M in 2007 and spun up a limited-edition Food plan Coke bottle in 2008, per Vogue. In 2011 his “signature leopard print and closely gilded stamp” landed on a collection of stationary train bikes.
That very same 12 months, he defined to Vogue that he was reluctant to retire. “Properly, generally I say once I’m fully drained … however I really feel loads of accountability to my followers: what they anticipate from me,” he mentioned. “They anticipate rather a lot, however on the identical time style is part of my DNA. I might by no means dwell with out it.”
The designer lastly stepped apart as artistic director of Roberto Cavalli SpA in 2013. He was married to Silvanella Giannoni from 1964 to 1974, and Eva Marie Düringer from 1980 till their divorce in 2010. He dated Sandra Nilsson beginning in 2014 and welcomed a baby along with her in 2023. Cavalli had two kids, Tommaso and Cristina, along with his first spouse and three — Robert, Rachele and Daniele — along with his second.
“Cavalli had a style for Ferraris, fats cigars and tailor-made shirts unbuttoned to reveal his tanned chest,” Le Monde wrote Friday in regards to the designer. “He married a Miss Universe runner-up, owned a purple helicopter and a Tuscan winery, and was on a first-name foundation with Hollywood A-listers.”
Sergio Azzolari, chief government at Roberto Cavalli, mentioned in an announcement that the corporate “shares condolences with Mr. Cavalli’s household loss. His legacy stays a continuing supply of inspiration.”
“Expensive Roberto, you will not be bodily right here with us anymore however I do know I’ll really feel your spirit with me all the time,” Fausto Puglisi, artistic director at Cavalli since October 2020, mentioned in an announcement. “It’s the best honour of my profession to work below your legacy and to create for the model you based with such imaginative and prescient and elegance. Relaxation in peace you’ll be missed and you’re liked by so many who your title will proceed on, a beacon of inspiration for others, and particularly for me.”
