Robert Cavalli in Cannes
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‘There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment,” Roberto Cavalli said, stubbing out his cigarette in a turtle-shaped gold ashtray and reaching into his green, lizard-skin manbag for a cigar. “They show off too much and try too hard. They don’t understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is.”
I expected many things from the 64-year-old Italian designer — lover of leopard print and creator of red-carpet dresses that stay up against all the laws of physics — but not this.
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