Roberto has talked a lot about how hard it was for him to grow up after his father was killed, which left him mute until he was 18.

“My father was shot by the Germans in July 1944 during a raid on Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni,” he had said before.

“He worked as a surveyor for a mine in the Valdarno.” I didn’t talk until 18.

“But life has been kind to me [and I have been] rewarded for everything.”

Cavalli was born on November 15, 1940, in Florence, Italy, which is the best place in the world to work with leather. He was famous for using printed leather and sandblasted, stretchy jeans.

The fashion icon started the business that bears his name in 1975. It quickly became famous for its animal print clothes.

Rich celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga, and Beyonce love the clothes it makes.

He was asked to update the Playboy Bunnies’ skimpy uniform in 2005, and as usual, he came up with one in leopard print.

Cavalli was praised by Giorgio Armani, who called him a “true artist” and said he would be “greatly missed.”

Armani said in a statement on X (formerly Twitter): “I have never had a more different view of fashion than Roberto Cavalli’s, but I have always had a lot of respect for him. Roberto was a true artist, and his use of prints was wild and wonderful. He could turn fantasy into seductive clothes.”

“I have learnt with great sadness of his passing: his Tuscan verve will be greatly missed.”

She called him a “legend” and posted a picture of herself with the fashion designer on her Instagram stories.

“Not sorry in style and spirit,” the Victoria’s Secret model wrote. We lost a great person today. “Rest in peace.”

Victoria Beckham, who used to be in Spice Girls and now designs clothes, called him a “icon.”