Roberto Cavalli – The Icon

Robert Cavalli – The Fashion Icon – was born in Florence, Italy on November 15^th, 1940Cavalli is known for using wild animal prints and sexualized cuts in his design, leading to comparisons with designer Gianni Versace and his popularity with many young celebrities, such as Victoria Beckham, with whom he famously signed an exclusive dressing contract. He is also known for his lavish lifestyle. He owns several houses and villas and is married to a former Miss Universe runner-up, Eva Duringer of Austria, with whom he has had one child and two from a previous marriage. Many of his runway collections are inspired by items in his homes. Cavalli aroused controversy in 2006 as the first designer to quickly publicly announce that he wanted Kate Moss as the face of his Spring 2006 collection very soon after her infamous drug scandal broke. Moss had already been the spokes model for Cavalli’s Spring 2005 campaign a year earlier, and has since been the face of his Fall-Winter 2007/2008 campaign. He has been designing outfits for Shakira‘s Oral Fixation Tour, and her Red Carpet appearances as well. He also recently designed outfits for Christina Aguilera’s tour, Spice Girls’ Tour, and Michael Jackson as well as for his rumored upcoming tour.

Roberto Cavalli Lines: Roberto Cavalli: The premier couture line featuring women’s clothing, sunglasses, men’s clothing, women’s and men’s shoes, handbags, timepieces, underwear, beachwear, and eyewear. Just Cavalli is a more affordable Cavalli line, well-known for its denim. It features: men’s and women’s apparel and accessories. Roberto Cavalli Class is a newer line by RC, featuring "classy yet sexy" designs. It features men’s and women’s clothing. The face of this newer clothing line will be represented by supermodel Kevin Navayne. Roberto Cavalli Angels is a kid’s line, ages starting from 6 months to 14 years.

Most recently, he has been designing the clothes for mom-to-be Jennifer Lopez. On November 8^th Roberto Cavalli designed and released an exclusive line at H&M. In the San Francisco H&M flagship store the women’s line sold out within the first 10 minutes and the men’s line sold out within 3 hours. In the Boston H&M flagship, Roberto’s line for both men and women was completely sold out in 15 minutes, and the backorder/waitlist was full in 45 minutes. Same scenario in Europe and the GCC. Cavalli all the way baby!