“After 25 years, Roberto Cavalli has been discovered,” the designer joked in 2001. Although his career began with a bang in 1970 (and though his label predates that of Gianni Versace, to whom ...

Roberto Cavalli's creative director ... Cavalli opened his first small shop, Limbo, in the French city of Saint-Tropez in 1972. As well as animal prints, he was also known for his hippie dresses ...