Roberto Cavalli is an Italian fashion designer and inventor.
17 Facts About Roberto Cavalli
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Roberto Cavalli is known for exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans.
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The high-end Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli sells luxury clothing, perfume and leather accessories.
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Roberto Cavalli's grandfather, Giuseppe Rossi, was an artist and a member of the Macchiaioli Movement, whose work is exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery.
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Roberto Cavalli debuted these techniques in Paris, immediately getting commissions from the likes of Hermes and Pierre Cardin.
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Roberto Cavalli brought it to the catwalks of the Sala Bianca of Palazzo Pitti in Florence, and later on those of Milano Collezioni, jeans made of printed denim, intarsia leathers, brocade, and wild prints.
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Roberto Cavalli then opened his first boutique in 1972 in Saint-Tropez.
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In 1980, Roberto Cavalli married Eva Duringer, a former Miss Austria and first runner-up of the Miss Universe 1977 pageant.
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In Milan in 1994, Roberto Cavalli presented the first sand-blasted jeans.
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In 2002, Roberto Cavalli opened his first cafe-store in Florence, revamping it with his signature animal prints.
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Roberto Cavalli was a judge at the Miss Universe 1977 pageant where his future wife was a contestant, who represented Austria and won second place.
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Roberto Cavalli has six children: Tommaso and Christiana from his first marriage, and Robert, Sara, and Daniele from his second marriage.
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On 8 March 2023, it was announced that Roberto Cavalli became father at the age of 82 of his sixth child, born from his relationship with Sandra Nilsson.
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In May 2014, Roberto Cavalli approached Investcorp, an investment firm in the Persian Gulf, as a potential buyer of a stake in his fashion brand.
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On March 29,2019, Roberto Cavalli closed its US stores and is preparing to liquidate its North American operations.
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Roberto Cavalli was sharply criticized in 2004 by the Hindu community for marketing a line of feminine underwear which featured the images of Hindu goddesses.
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The Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi school of Islamic Sufism accused Roberto Cavalli of copying their "sacred emblem" for branding the Just Roberto Cavalli line.