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Roberto Cavalli
Florence, 1970
He patented a way to print on leather in the 1970s. Print stayed the whole argument after that.
Roberto Cavalli studied at the art academy in Florence and in the early 1970s patented a way to print on leather. Print stayed the argument for fifty years: leopard, snake, roses, and his own signature, run down a leg.
In the 1990s his sandblasted, printed denim made jeans a runway piece. He died in 2024.
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