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ROME (AP) — Italian manner designer Roberto Cavalli, known for a flamboyant, glamorous style and textile innovations, has died astatine property 83, his institution announced Friday.
"Dear Roberto, you whitethorn not beryllium physically present pinch america anymore but I cognize I will consciousness your tone pinch maine always," Fausto Puglisi, imaginative head astatine Roberto Cavalli since October 2020, wrote successful an Instagram post.
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"Rest successful peace, you will beryllium missed and you are loved by truthful galore that your sanction will proceed on, a beacon of inspiration for others, and particularly for me," Puglisi added.
Italian manner designer Roberto Cavalli talks pinch journalists anterior to nan commencement of nan Roberto Cavalli mens Fall-Winter 2014 show, successful Milan, Italy connected Jan. 14, 2014. Italy’s world-famous manner designer Roberto Cavalli – known for his flamboyant and glamorous style -- died connected Friday, April 12, 2024 aged 83, his institution announced successful an Instagram post. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Born successful Florence connected Nov. 15, 1940, from a family of artists, Cavalli was orphaned of his begetter astatine conscionable 4 years old, arsenic he was killed successful a Nazi roundup known arsenic nan Cavriglia massacre successful 1944.
Cavalli became renowned successful nan early 1970s for his animal prints and an excessive, sexy style that remained his trademark passim his agelong career.
"It is pinch heavy regret and a awesome sadness nan Roberto Cavalli Maison participates successful nan passing of its laminitis Roberto Cavalli," his institution said successful a statement. "From humble beginnings successful Florence, Roberto succeeded successful becoming a globally recognized sanction loved and respected by all. (His) bequest will unrecorded connected via his creativity, his emotion of quality and via his family who he cherished."
After founding his ain manner location successful nan early 1970s, Cavalli quickly became an iconic brand, loved by apical celebrities for illustration Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and Beyoncé.
Cavalli patented a caller printing method for leather and debuted nan patchwork denim that was 1 of his trademarks successful Florence’s Palazzo Pitti successful 1972. He revolutionized jeans, creating a sandblasting method to springiness denim a distressed look, and adding Lycra to jeans to make them sexier, stretchy.
Cavalli took predominant inspiration from nan earthy world, featuring animal prints and fish-scale sequins. The Cavalli female ranged from hippie to slick rocker, successful diaphanous gowns that caught nan air, seductive beaded dresses aliases sexy skinny suits.
As his manner location recalled connected Friday, Cavalli’s explained erstwhile his "animalier" inspiration pinch a celebrated quote: "I transcript nan dress of an animal because I emotion to transcript God. I deliberation God is nan astir awesome designer."
He stepped backmost from designing astir a decade ago, aft ceding 90% of nan institution to nan Clessidra backstage equity group. The institution is now controlled by Auriel Investment SA.
"Don’t telephone maine a designer. My talent is alternatively uncovering what makes a fabric, a dress, a female special, reasoning ever of manner arsenic if it is dream of ready-to-wear, thing fresh to beryllium worn,″ he wrote successful his autobiography, "Just Me," published successful 2013.
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He told The Associated Press successful an question and reply that nan female he dressed was "a female who believes a batch successful herself. A female who tin show she is beardown but astatine nan aforesaid clip soft and romantic."
Cavalli is survived by exemplary Sandra Nilsson, who has been his partner since 2014, and six children. He became nan begetter of his sixth kid astatine nan property of 82.
