[:en]435. I’ve always been strongly determined… My classmate, Elena Mannini, later to become a great designer of theatrical costumes, was working as a stylist in Florentine knitwear at Motta Angora. She was very creative, always looking for new ideas. She brought me some white pullovers and we studied some drawings together. I then built some artisan print frames. The first tests, the first…
[:en]434. The lab lights were almost always on… I like to remember my beginning… I was making big progress in my job. I had invented an absolutely innovative, different way to print. Knitwear factories called me, “Your idea is great and we’re very interested in it”. So, I was welcomed by companies. I was proud of myself and of my small printing factory. Up to then, you could only print metres of…
[:en]433. A Terrible Tragedy. At 3:36 am on August 24, 2016, a terrible tragedy befell some small towns in central Italy including Amatrice, Accumoli, Pescara del Tronto and Sommati. An earthquake reduced large areas of these wonderful communities to rubble. These small villages are in the earthquake zone we know as the Umbria-Marche Apennines. Their history dates back to the prehistoric era.…
[:en]432 Thanks, Marta! Marta Marzotto, a person full of joy for life. We will miss you. March 2012 – Two fantastic days, in a magical city with Marta. She showed me Marrakech through her eyes. It’s morning… a phone call on my cell phone… I open my eyes! “Roberto it is Marta, are you in Morocco…? Me too, are you coming to Marrakech?” “My love, I am, I arrived last night and I want to see you!”…
[:en]431. …Please, Mum, I think that with my creativity i can only go to an art school! Mum decided to trust me once more. She hugged me and let me understand how much she loved me. I decided to enrol at the Arts Institute in Florence. I could choose among painting, graphics, photography, and many other courses. It was the right school for me. I immediately felt an injection of energy and drive!…
[:en]430. Galapagos Islands, Trip of a Lifetime… In one of my trips around the world to discover our beautiful planet I visited one place, one of those places you have to visit at least once in a lifetime. My destination was the Galapagos Islands. Here you can watch animals in their natural environment. You find yourself in a large natural park spread over an archipelago on the equator where…
[:en]429. Tests of Summer… A fast flight in the helicopter to transfer from Monaco to Sardinia. I want to check the maintenance work on the Bat-Zodiac. Summer is here and this year I want to discover the Mediterranean again! The SNO Yachts shipyard in Olbia took care of the Bat-Zodiac lovingly and very professionally. Every boat needs careful maintenance. The Bat-Zodiac, with its hydro jets…
[:en]428. A wonderful weekend in Monaco I am in Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco… Beautiful, elegant women, brilliantly engineered and powerful cars, the international jet set meet here every year for a date that you cannot miss… the Monaco Grand Prix. The Grand Prix is an event that takes place on a very unique track. Powerful engines compete on the winding streets and hairpin bends of Monte…
[:en]427. Fashion, an Evolving Universe… I made leather similar to fabric and I played by applying both pressure and heat to create flowing movement and embossing effects. I added an elastic fibre to jeans fabric to transform the classic jeans to a stretch jeans! Why so many ideas? Each idea is born from a creative evolution and a desire to always do something different. As Fashion moved from…
[:en]426. Discovering Sweden… With the arrival of Spring and milder temperatures, the ice surrounding Cavalli Island has melted. The landscape comes to life dressed in the colours of Spring and you begin to glimpse the many animals who are waking up from their winter hibernation. This is the ideal time to get to know and make friends with the neighbours and discover the beauties of Lake Malaren…
[:en]425. Clouds… When I look up at the clouds I want to call out to them ‘Wait for me, I want to come with you!’ I have always been fascinated by the sky, it has always given me a sense of infinity. When I decided to learn to fly a helicopter, my dream was to turn myself into a modern Icarus and fly higher and higher, get closer to the sun and catch some of its energy… Luckily the helicopter…
[:en]424. New Citizens at Cavalli Island… I love and I have always loved animals and, as a boy, had never been allowed to have a dog. The first thing I did when I went to live on my own was to have one, all mine. I found my first dog through an advertisement. I went to see him and we fell in love at first sight. In fact it was a German Shepherd dog and I named him “Lupo”. Later I had many…
[:en]423. The Black is Never Absolute… I’m not a photographer. Or maybe I am. I like looking at the world through a lens. Through my camera I capture sensations, emotions and pleasures. I’m not a writer. Photography is my way of telling stories, to commemorate moments important to me but of little significance to others. It’s my private world. I draw an imperceptible line around myself to protect…
[:en]422. While she was speaking to me I was looking deeply into her eyes… When I’m in New York I can not stay at home… Every night there is something different to do. Such is the curiosity to see, to experience, to know, that not to accept an invitation means that you are really, really tired! At one of the many dinners to which I was invited I had the pleasure of meeting Jennifer Lopez. She…
[:en]421. It takes time to build everything, even respect! In March ’97 Eva and I decided to present our winter collection in Paris. Paris had given me so much and had made me famous. I loved Paris and it loved me back! In the corridors of the Ritz I met journalists of the most important fashion publications in the world. I dared not stop anybody. I was not on their lists and maybe my style did…
[:en]420. Cavalli Island, my Homage to Nature… We are anxiously waiting for Queen, our mare, to give birth to her new foal. What a joy that will be for all of us. A new and welcome member of the family and our first citizen to be born and raised on Cavalli Island! Nature once again manages to enchant me and to give me the joy of living on this wonderful planet…! The joy of a new life… the…
[:en]419. I Am the Party! Una campagna pubblicitaria di qualche anno fa, per una collaborazione con una catena mondiale di negozi di moda, mi ha visto protagonista dello spot con la celebre frase “I Am the Party!”. L’eccesso è il mio successo. Quante volte ho ripetuto questa frase! Sono felice di essere arrivato fin qui. Felice di aver camminato con le mie sole gambe. Felice di non aver ceduto a…
