Roberto Cavalli S/S 06 Milan

[Lyn2005]

I think everyone's being a little too hard on Cavalli.... I mean.. if you see his clothes on ebay and in the stores, it's much more toned down than the runway collections, and if you can pick and choose the right pieces, you can actually end up with quite a demure Cavalli collection in your wardrobe. He's very creative with "sexy" and I find that some of his pieces have a nice flow to them, they complement the feminine figure well. I still adore the Maia Cavalli snake/crystal frame sunglasses I purchased several seasons ago.


And... before anyone bashes me, I'm not a trashy MTV wannabe, or a high paid escort girl. I'm a 4th year University Biology student going into medicine.

 

[grace`d]

...better than just cavalli, at least.

 

[KhaoticKharma]

I don't know why, but I really love this dress...

 

[DuTTyRoCK112]

it just seemed to derivative this time... that gold dress with the diamonds was all dolce.... the ombre dresses are soo versace

that being said, i enjoyed some of it but most of it was tacky. versace rocked my socks this season.

 

[hugobossdaria]

i like the backgroung setting

 

[Arturo21]

Roberto cavalli is straight? He makes men look like drag queens, even when wearing men's clothing..

 

[electricringo]

This is so J.Lo Ew ew ew.

 

[J'aime_la_mode]

I also agree that everyone is being too hard on him...I mean he is a very creative guy either way you look at it. Also someone has to design the sl*tty clothes...i mean not everyone wants to look classy. Some women would go crazy without designers like cavalli and versace giving them their sl*tty wardrobes. He also has a very specific style to his clothes so no matter what when someone is wearing cavalli you can always tell. Not every designer has that amazing distinction. However I do agree that a lot of the clothes were incredibly tacky but I can completely see the gowns on the red carpet.

 

[J'aime_la_mode]

Roberto cavalli is straight?

yes he is..

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Jesus, there're boobies left, right and centre...

 

[peacelover142002]

Review from style.com:

MILAN, September 30, 2005 – The set for Roberto Cavalli's spring show included an elaborate tented poolside cabana in black-and-white stripes, shaded by palm trees and placed at the edge of a runway printed with a swimming pool's ripples. It evoked a location that Slim Aarons, legendary chronicler of the rich at play, photographed in Palm Beach in the sixties. And all the giddy opulence of that manicured islet was reflected in his briskly paced show.

Moving with the speed of gazelles pursued by cheetah prints, Cavalli's regiment of high-stepping glamazons was dressed for a trip to Giorgio Beverly Hills, circa Dynasty vintage, in an Alexis Colby take on patriotic red, white, and blue. By Cavalli's standards, a gold sequined blazer worn with lean, deck-chair-stripe cotton pants is the last word in daytime understatement. As is a clear plastic trench elaborately pinstriped in velvet appliqué, or a "jean" jacket in plastic and ruby alligator. After dusk, of course, the Cavalli girl really lets rip, in jewel-fringed shimmy frocks or barely-there drifts of ombré chiffon in the colors of tropical sunsets. A silk gingham crinoline dress seemed relatively prim—until its skirts opened to reveal the microshorts underneath. (These have looked unconvincing on other runways, but will surely find a place in the heart and wardrobe of the fearless Cavalli gal.)

The sheer, outrageous courage of Cavalli's convictions allows him to filter and shake up influences and make them all his own—even when he's ransacking the archives of the design greats for details. This season, those included Valentino's sixties giraffe prints and Yves Saint Laurent's one-shoulder, multistriped, ruffled chiffon dresses from the seventies and eighties. Who but Cavalli himself, however, could send out a finale parade of sequined black-and-white swimsuits—surely designed with the pool boy rather than the pool in mind?

– Hamish Bowles

 

[Atelier]

Not as strong as last season's Wunderkammer collection but distinctive and--to his clientele--purposeful. Frankly, I find the Cavalli woman interesting and, on occasion, fascinating.

 

[peacelover142002]

i cavalli, and i love this collection. there are a few trashy pieces but overall its very sexy, and i like what style.com said about cavalli girls being fearless. i think thats true. B)

 

[Nataliaa]

Would a mod please delete this thread on the gounds of irrelevance (and good taste, decency, kindness etc etc). He is not a designer, he is a pimp.

haha. What a laugh ! I agree... Cavallis work is eye catching ... Its too busy for me though. I cant say im the biggest fan ..

 

[starz1]

Cavalli's fur use, one word, amazing.

Dont you guys just LOVE the way Cavalli uses fur in his collections? I was looking at his spring 06' line, omg, its amazing. Its soooo couture.

http://www.style.com/fashionshows/collections/F2006RTW/complete/thumb/RBTOCVLL?trend=trend11

 

[erin_k]

I don't know...it looks like the models should be wearing a hat with a feather on it. It's a little eccessive and sad. Imho.

 

[AlexN]

I find it to be in very poor taste, and certainly not something that would bring me to use a word such as "couture."

I rest my case.

 

[AlexN]

Whoops...^picture credit www.style.com

 

[Scotty]