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MILAN, September 25, 2010
By Tim Blanks
The carnival atmosphere at the Just Cavalli show today at the very least established the man's populist credentials. It felt like il tutto Milano had come for a day out. The only thing missing was picnic baskets. The show itself surely conformed to what a "civilian" audience, weaned on cable TV visions of fashion as popular entertainment, might expect: insolent glamour and jet-set fantasy, set to a driving disco beat. Roberto Cavalli, celebrating his 40th anniversary in business this year, knows his stuff when it comes to such notions. He's had decades of experience since he opened a shop in Saint-Tropez when it wasn't much more than a fishing village. Now, artful denim and leather treatments are part of his DNA. And here they were, duly featured as a pearl-studded chambray waistcoat or flower-appliquéd jeans or baroquely curlicued leather pants. In terms of fashion fantasy, Cavalli covered the bases, from the suede-covered cowgirl to the safari queen in a leopard-printed caftan to the crop-topped flower child, in short shorts printed with palm fronds lifted from Roberto's own flash card. If thousands left his tent happy today, his work here was done.

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