Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, known for a flamboyant and glamorous style, has died at age 83, his company said on Friday on Instagram. “Dear Roberto, you may not be physically here with us anymore but I know I will feel your spirit with me always,” Fausto Puglisi, creative director at Roberto Cavalli since October 2020, wrote in the social media post. Alber Elbaz, Noted Israeli Fashion Designer, Dies at 59.

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The Italian-born designer became renowned in the early 1970s for his animal prints and for a sexy style that remained his trademark throughout his long career.