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Roberto CavalliRoberto Cavalli was born in Florence the 15 November 1940. He was raised in modest surroundings but with strong artistic traditions. His mother was a tailor and his grandfather a Florentine impressionist painter, whose works can still be seen at the Uffizi Museum. His fashion was unrivalled on the Cote d'Azur. From St. Tropez - where a young Brigitte Bardot walked barefoot in one of his creations - to the cat-walks, was just a short step. In 1972 Roberto Cavalli showed his first collection in the historic White Room of Palazzo Pitti in Florence. It led to a real scandal. On the catwalk were models wearing patchwork on denim, a fabric snubbed by the straight-laced Florentines and to this day preferred by working men and cowboys. Tenacious and proud - a scorpio through and through - Roberto Cavalli refused for years to bow to the diktat of the prevailing fashion, choosing to run as an outsider in order to defend his creativity from any preconceived ideas..At the beginning of the Nineties the designer relaunched his challenge to the fashion system, assisted by his beautiful wife, Eva Duringer - an ex Miss Universe - who works alongside him. His enormous success, both publicly and with the press, convinced him to take his catwalk extravaganza to MilanoCollezioni. An inspiration to the international jet-set, Roberto Cavalli is taken for granted by stars all over the world. 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 which makes him the perfect host of parties and dinners. Like all good Tuscans, he loves to surround himself with friends to celebrate not only his successes but even the smallest occasion: for Roberto Cavalli any reason is a good reason to celebrate with a friend.
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