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Cavalli Club Set To Open in Dubai

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Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli becomes the latest designer to take his talent to a hotel project in Dubai. The Fairmont Dubai will be the site of Roberto Cavalli's first Cavalli Club a new 'entertainment and night-life' concept. In Dubai, Cavalli is planning a two-story club with a separate entrance from the Fairmont Dubai. The floors will be done in shiny black quartz with reflective crystal dust and tall walls of Swarovski crystals create sparkling curtains. Want to shop late at night? The ground floor will showcase jewelry, watches and exclusive accessories from the Cavalli Maison. There will also be selection of refined food products chosen by Roberto Cavalli to express the best of 'Made in Italy."

Upstairs, an Italian restaurant is at center of the hall, while on either side of the Italian restaurant, there are are two large atolls in gold-colored glass and fur, suspended from the floor, which host a sushi bar and a wine bar featuring Cavalli Selection red wine. The upper floor also features a lounge bar with music and a suspended platform that will host the DJ and the dancers, as well as other entertainment and shows. The Cavalli Club Dubai will open in November 2008, with Cavalli set to take his party to Florence and Milan later.

(In this photo Cavalli poses with a plate portrait done by Julian Schnabel. Cavalli bought the plate portrait in 2007 at an AmFar auction).

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Cavalli Calls Off Private Equity Deal

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Italian designer Roberto Cavalli has put off talks over selling a stake in his fashion business to a private equity firm. The Telegraph reports that bankers at Merrill Lynch in London and Italy were working on deals with buyout groups including Carlyle, Lion Capital and TPG in recent months. The deals halted on a pretty major sticking point, the value of the business. Cavalli figures his business is worth about $2 billion while some buyers thought that figure was close to $1 billion.

It's unknown whether Cavalli has called off talks permanently or is on the hunt for someone who will agree with his valuation. In our currently gloomy economy some luxury companies are finding it increasingly difficult to attract investors willing to write the big checks. The luxury brands are doing well but right now the climate of economic fear has some firms fearing the long haul. For the moment Cavalli seems to have aimed too high but the Italian designer, famed for his sexy styles, will likely get his deal eventually, he might just have to scale back his expectations.

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Isabeli and Natalia Heat Up Versace for Fall

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Versace has tapped two of modeling's most beautiful faces for its new Fall ad campaign shot by famed photographer Mario Testino. Russian knockout Natalia Vodianova (foreground) and Brazilian stunner Isabeli Fontana star in the ads which feature Versace's eye-popping new line of handbags, clothing and accessories. Fontana is having an especially good season campaign-wise. As we reported last month, she also stars in Roberto Cavalli's theatrical new ads as well those of Valentino. See the gallery for more pix from the campaign.

Gallery: Versace's Fall Beauties

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Cavalli Brings Back Kate Moss for Fall

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Last month we reported that Italian designer Roberto Cavalli had picked not one but four beautiful models to replace Kate Moss in the ad campaign for his signature collection, which will be modeled on the classic movie Il Gattopardo. He's not quite over Kate, however. She is now starring in ads for one of his diffusion lines, Just Cavalli, which is targeted to a younger audience. The ads, shot by fashion photog duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, mirror real life somewhat, portraying Kate partying with a bunch of rock star dudes (no controlled substances are visible). After finally breaking with messed up Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty, the eternally gorgeous Brit beauty took up with another, more presentable rocker, James Hince of The Kills, though on her recent party jaunt to Sardinia he was conspicuously absent.

Gallery: Cavalli Campaigns

Another image from the new Just Cavalli campaign

Isabeli Fontana, star of Cavalli's new campaign

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Roberto Cavalli Metallic Bracelet Bag, Handbag of the Day

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Sparkly and golden, this handbag is sure to make you feel like a rockstar as you make your entrance at whatever event you take it to. It's the Metallic Bracelet Bag from Roberto Cavalli and it's really a two-for-one handbag and bracelet. It features gold metallic leather with a gold bangle bracelet that can either dangle off the bag or dangle on your wrist. It has a clasp closure on the top and a shiny leopard print lining. This is the kind of bag that will make you feel beautiful no matter what kind of day you're having! $1,165

Gallery: Roberto Cavalli's Metallic Bracelet Bag

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Cavalli Picks Four Beauties to Replace Kate Moss

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Italian designer Roberto Cavalli has chosen four top models to replace Kate Moss (right) in his new Fall/Winter 2008-09 ad campaign. The campaign, to be shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, is inspired by one of our favorite movies, Luchino Visconti's 1963 Il Gattopardo ("The Leopard), based on the book by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa.

The movie, set in Sicily in the 1860s, stars Burt Lancaster as an Italian prince struggling to maintain a dying aristocracy, Alain Delon as his dashing nephew, and the beautiful Claudia Cardinale as Angelica, daughter of a rich former peasant who represents the new social order. Cavalli has chosen models Isabeli Fontana, Angela Lindvall, Raquel Zimmerman and Frankie Rayder to play the parts of Cardinale and the movie's other beauties in the ads.

"I've always been aesthetically fascinated by this film," Cavalli tells Women's Wear Daily. "I also find Il Gattopardo, a story that's based on the idea that 'the more it changes, the more it stays the same,' a good metaphor for fashion. In the campaign, the heroine - a sort of new Angelica - dances in the wilderness while a fire rages in the background; she represents the force of everything that is new, yet in the end she dresses like a romantic debutante." We think Fontana for one is perfectly cast as she bears an uncanny resemblance to Cardinale.

Gallery: Cavalli's Gattopardo Girls

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Roberto Cavalli Gecko Cuffs

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Filed under: Jewelry

These quirky gecko cuff bracelets are so recognizably Cavalli, I can't think of another designer that could make sparkly reptiles look somewhat cool and fashionable. The shimmering Swarovski crystal lizard is toned down by the neutral wood body, making these bracelets a fun and playful addition to your summer accessory collection. Pick your color, fuchsia, blue or green... or a more wearable black (my favorite). Vivre.com carries the Roberto Cavalli Gecko Cuffs which retail for $625.

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Roberto Cavalli Wooden Wedge Sandals

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These stunning Roberto Cavalli Wooden Wedge Platform Sandals, kick any simple summer outfit into high gear. Towering 6 inch heels (+3 inch platforms) may have you teetering, but no one said fashion was easy, right? Soft leather in a basic creamy nude shade, is embellished with shiny silver hardware including studs and a large silver buckle. These fabulous wedges retail for $1,850 and are available online.

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Top Fashion Brands Fall Back In Love With Supermodels

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Filed under: Apparel, Handbags

After several years of scrambling after hot new faces, a slew of the world's top fashion houses have decided to take a more classic approach for Spring/Summer '08, showcasing supermodels who ruled the Earth in the 1990s in their latest ad campaigns. The top indicator that the supes are back in town is artist Richard Prince's new campaign for the Louis Vuitton bags he designed, starring a gaggle of semi-retired stars: Stephanie Seymour, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer and Eva Herzigova, all sprawled on the hood of a kandy-kolored muscle car.

This season, Schiffer also appears in ads for Salvatore Ferragamo as well as Chanel, along with Christy Turlington, who's now also the face of Escada. Herzigova also stars in the new Roberto Cavalli and Chopard campaigns, while Shalom Harlow meanwhile does the honors for Valentino, Tumi and Jones New York.

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Roberto Cavalli, Swarovski Crystal Jeans

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Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli is known for flashy animal prints and plunging necklines, always pushing the envelop and not conforming...just a few of the reasons he is my favorite designer! These jeans have standard pockets, belt loops and stud detailing as well as the signature Cavalli fit and cut. What isn't standard or cheap is the thousand dollars worth of Swarovski crystal detailing the top! Available online for $1,275....be careful these gems don't get thrown in with your regular laundry!

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Just Cavalli Croc-Embossed Wedge

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My favorite designer Roberto Cavalli brings you the must have shoes for spring! At $625, these fierce platforms from his more affordable line Just Cavalli are the perfect addition to your shoe collection. An impressively high 6.5" heel (platform+heel) gives you legs for d-a-y-s and makes any sundress that much sunnier. A padded canvas insole means you won't leave these sitting in your closet like other amazing but uncomfortable shoes. I keep my Cavallis in frequent rotation because they never leave me limping no matter how long my day was. The best part about these Italian beauties is their rear view factor: the Cavalli logo scrawled on a shiny gold metal plate down the length of the heel!

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Roberto Cavalli Sahara Print Clutch, Handbag of the Day

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Obviously the animal print trend is alive and well in the handbag world. I, for one, hope it stays that way. Designers keep finding new and interesting ways to employ these exotic patterns and I never tire of them. This one takes the jungle print uptown with gold accents and the result is stunning. The metallic gold leather trim highlights the pretty curves of the flap and the detachable chain strap adds even more elegance to the shimmery satin bag. I am, however, just about over the charm trend. This one sports five, hanging from a gold ring on the side of bag. Measuring 11"W x 6"H x 2½D, the bag sells for $1390.

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Roberto Cavalli Gets Into The Wine Business

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Fashion designer Roberto Cavalli has already released a vodka but now his family is in the wine business. Cavalli's son Tommaso is in charge of the family wine business which will release two new wine brands: Cavalli Collection and Cavalli Selection. The grapes are grown at the Cavalli family estate, Tenuta degli Dei, in the Chianti region of Tuscany. The wines will be blends of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Alicante Bouchet. The bottles will play into Cavalli's fashion designs with leopard-printed and RC-logo'd bottles. The first 5,000 bottles of Cavalli wine should hit the States early next year.

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Roberto Cavalli Eva Sunglasses

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Fashion designer Roberto Cavalli doesn't do subtle. Case in point, his flashy spangled dresses for his new low-priced H&M line. Another more luxurious example as these limited edition sunglasses, named after his wife, Eva. The giant wraparound shades have amber lenses surrounded by gold metal with two of Cavalli's signature snake heads and metallic mesh arms. The packaging uses another Cavalli fave, animal prints and the case can be used as an evening clutch. The sunglasses sells for $640.

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Roberto Cavalli Zebra Messenger Bag, Handbag of the Day

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To appreciate the impact of this bag, consider its size: a roomy 15" x 15" with a 16½" across-the-body strap. It's big and beautifully shaped in a brown and black zebra print, cinched at the top with a slim leather belt. The gold-tone hardware on the buckle and rings has a pretty pebbly texture and inside it's fully lined. A stunning fall bag for $2590.

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