Roberto Cavalli was born on November 15th, 1940 in Italy. He
came from a modest family with strong artistic talents and
traditions. His grandfather had been an impressionist painter,
his mother a tailor .
Cavalli began his career as a young student. Himself and his
friend invented, experimented and designed. His first
revolutionary creation was a process of printing on light-weight
leather. His print house was a cross between a craftsman’s
workshop and an artist’s studio. He was able to accomplish this
because of his detailed fabric research and his continuous
experimenting with different technologies. Eventually Cavalli
patented the process of printing on leather. Over the next ten
years he created what’s known as “patchwork” or “patch quilt” a
result of sewing together odd pieces of leather together. During
the 1970′s Roberto Cavalli gained international recognition,
This was the true beginning of his career.
In 1972 Roberto Cavalli showed his first collection in the
historic White Room of Palazzo Pitti in Florence which led to a
real scandal. On the catwalk his models were wearing patchwork
on denim. Denim was a fabric that was highly disregarded by the
straight-laced. A scorpio true to heart, Cavalli simply refused
to bow to the dictatorship of the prevailing fashion. Rather he
chose to run as an outsider defending his creativity all the way.
In the early 1990s Roberto Cavalli with the assistance of his
wife Eva Duringer, relaunched his challenge to the fashion
system. He took his catwalk extravaganza to MilanoCollezioni.
Over the years he has expanded and as well as his Womenswear
collection, new lines have been launched: Menswear, Just Cavalli
a line for youngsters, Underwear, Class which is a knitwear
collection, Freedom his casual line, Eyewear, Timewear, Angels
for children 4-14) and Homewear.
An inspiration to the international jet-set, Roberto Cavalli is
eclectic, social and ironic by nature, as a designer he sets
himself apart through his natural vivaciousness and extreme
cordiality, as well as his proverbial hospitality. He loves to
surround himself with friends to celebrate not only his
successes but even the smallest occasion: He is known for his
brilliant career and as equally as well for his spectacular
parties
Roberto Cavalli is a mainstay among the famous international
designers. He continues to enjoy and have a blast each and every
day. He stated recently “I’ve been running after success my
whole life. It took me 35 years but I finally caught it and I’m
happy now.” In today’s world everyone knows his name! His
fashions are known for their raucous elegance, ridiculous
embellishment, and shameless sexiness. Cavalli feels that too
many designers were designing into the mold of sellable. Roberto
Cavalli never fell into that trap, he consistently and
continuously designed outside the box. Cavalli says “Every day I
go to work to create what I think of as a form of art, but art
that only comes to life when it is worn by a woman at her
strongest moment, when she is feeling free, in love with her
life and her self.” We an expect to see Cavalli’s designs
continue to hit the catwalk. Visit Robert Cavalli’s Official
Fashion Site http://www.robertocavalli.it/ Moda Italia
http://www.modaitalia.net/robertocavalli/indexen.shtml .