MILAN, Jul 3, 2012/ — It was a sight to see. The catwalk hosted a a cage containing 500 butterflies, coming from Italian breeding and compatible with the Italian ecosystem, lit up by ultraviolet lights that enhance the intense color of the wings.
Meanwhile, large videowalls enveloped the audience, immersing it in a surreal dimension through footages which describes flowers which bloom in succession, following the music notes.
Mesmerizing as the background was, they did not steal the show. The clothes still ruled and Roberto Cavalli is king.
Inspired by the butterfly whom he saw as the symbol of transformation, Roberto Cavalli reworked the jacket, the emblem of male fashion. Based on the sartorial tradition, and finding a new refinement in the cut and in the shapes, which embrace and dignify the structure of the body, highlighting its elegance and sensuality.
The nocturnal shades of grape, petrol and grafite, create a mysterious atmosphere, as a lush garden during a hot summer night, illuminated by touches of light created by the ‘moustique’ and ‘absinthe’ colors.
Cold tones of ice, arctic and wisteria broken up with flashes of light from pearl embroideries o prints on a silk base.
The prints reveal truly unique subjects. The scales that compose butterfly wings, for example, natural “pixels”, which create sophisticated anatomies, or the graphics, true geometrical artworks which enclose an ironic symbology all left to be discovered.
Great craftsmanship in leather manufacture: natural python or treated to give it a shimmer effect, laminated nappa leather, suede nappa patch edged in laminated leather for jackets, trousers and ankle boots.
The look is completed by long silk scarves, wrapped around the neck, or showed underneath the shirts and the collars of the jackets, which draw the collection prints.
