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--> Milan's Spring 2007 Fashion Week ended with a whisper on Saturday with both Angela Missoni and Roberto Cavalli showing collections that were surprisingly soft and low-key-the former experimenting with silk kimono shapes and a feminine new camo print that included lily pads; the latter displaying his billowing...
Walking over to the square printing screens that are stored on a rack on wheels, Cavalli chooses one that depicts a zebra stripe and, with the help of an employee, places the screen over a table that is stretched tightly with plain white silk. Cavalli checks that the screen is...
The process is long and complicated, but Cavalli remains adamant about keeping his operation in Italy despite the lure of cheaper labor costs in China. "China is today's obsession," he says with disgust. "They try to copy everything, and it is terrible. In a couple of years, many factories...
There is one step in the printing process about which Cavalli swears nobody else in the world knows. He walks over to where a young technician sitting in front of a computer has scanned a design that is being printed out on yards of white silk using a machine called...
Nof stopped counting how many pairs of heels she owns at 80. "But I love them all. I have them lined up next to the bed," she says. In her closet, designer gowns from Dolce & Gabbana and Roberto Cavalli hang next to one-of-a-kind abayas. The dresses are...