My dream, maybe because of my family, of course, was to be a painter. I chose in one moment the direction of textiles from textiles I went to fashion. – Roberto Cavalli
I began to speak well at a very advanced age – 15, 16, 17 years old. It was psychological: the trauma of war, my family and growing up on my own. I was more or less a street kid. – Roberto Cavalli
Fashion should be something that in the morning, when you open your window, you say, Oh fantastic, sun! Then you take your shower, you say, OK fantastic, which colour I wear today because I feel happy? This should be fashion. – Roberto Cavalli
There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment. They show off too much and try too hard. They dont understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is. – Roberto Cavalli
Its not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didnt have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didnt have much to do with reality. – Elizabeth Gilbert