Emilio Cavallini
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Emilio Cavallini is an Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his hosiery collections.
“Universita’ di Firenze, Economia e Commercio”. He quit college because of this fascination with the world of fashion and went to the "Swinging London
". He met Mary Quant
, his passion for hosiery started and started to dress women’s legs with patterned hosiery. He developed pantyhoses with black/white patterns, dots, starts and skulls, stripes, animal and different kids of fishnets. He loved the fluorescent colors.
In 1970 he opened in San Miniato
his own company, Stilnovo Spa. Besides Mary Quant he started producing for the most important brands such as Dior
, Celine
, Roberta di Camerino, Balenciaga
, Gucci
, Alexander McQueen
and more..
In 1980 he launched his own brand of Emilio Cavallini hosiery. It was an immediate success, he started designing shoes, leather accessories, bathing suits and a full avante garde clothing line for young men and women. Licensees retail stores start to opened in Florence, Milan
, Rome
, Paris
, Düsseldorf
, London
, Hong Kong
and Tokyo
. He had a runway show in Paris
with his line for men and in Milan for women. He became member for Milan Chamber of Fashion. In the eighties he believed that the time to look for new clothing forms is over and he started to develop clothing without seams on special seamless machines with large cylinders that were intended for hosiey. He launches the collection in New York and continues developing a large tight that covers the whole body.
In 2009 Stilnovo S.p.A. produces 4 million fashion tights per year and sells worldwide. Currently he is working on a building and archive with the patterns and techniques he developed in 40 years of design. He also nourishes his passion for current and ancient art. This passion leads him to build art pieces of various forms and dimensions using tights as if they were strings, he uses his mathematical knowledge to figure out the tensions of yarns.
Biography
From 1964 to 1966 he attended College in FlorenceFlorence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
“Universita’ di Firenze, Economia e Commercio”. He quit college because of this fascination with the world of fashion and went to the "Swinging London
Swinging London
Swinging London is a catch-all term applied to the fashion and cultural scene that flourished in London, in the 1960s.It was a youth-oriented phenomenon that emphasised the new and modern. It was a period of optimism and hedonism, and a cultural revolution. One catalyst was the recovery of the...
". He met Mary Quant
Mary Quant
Mary Quant OBE FCSD is a British] fashion designer and British fashion icon, who was instrumental in the mod fashion movement. She was one of the designers who took credit for inventing the miniskirt and hot pants. Born in Blackheath, London, to Welsh parents, Quant brought fun and fantasy to...
, his passion for hosiery started and started to dress women’s legs with patterned hosiery. He developed pantyhoses with black/white patterns, dots, starts and skulls, stripes, animal and different kids of fishnets. He loved the fluorescent colors.
In 1970 he opened in San Miniato
San Miniato
San Miniato is a town and comune in the province of Pisa, in the region of Tuscany, Italy.San Miniato sits at an historically strategic location atop three small hills where it dominates the lower Arno valley between the valleys of Egola and Elsa...
his own company, Stilnovo Spa. Besides Mary Quant he started producing for the most important brands such as Dior
Dior
Dior can mean:* Christian Dior SA, a French clothing retailer* In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth legendarium:**Dior Eluchíl, a Half-elven of the First Age**Dior , a Steward of GondorDior is a surname, and may refer to:...
, Celine
Celine
- People with the family name Celine :* Louis-Ferdinand Céline, pen name of French author Louis-Ferdinand Destouches- People with the given name Celine :* Céline Dion, , French-Canadian pop singer.* Celine Helgemo, Norwegian singer...
, Roberta di Camerino, Balenciaga
Balenciaga
Balenciaga is a fashion house founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga, a Basque designer, born in the Basque Country, Spain. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as "the master of us all" by Christian Dior. His bubble skirts and odd, feminine, yet ultra-modern...
, Gucci
Gucci
The House of Gucci, better known simply as Gucci , is an Italian fashion and leather goods label, part of the Gucci Group, which is owned by French company PPR...
, Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen
Lee Alexander McQueen, CBE was a British fashion designer and couturier best known for his in-depth knowledge of bespoke British tailoring, his tendency to juxtapose strength with fragility in his collections, as well as the emotional power and raw energy of his provocative fashion shows...
and more..
In 1980 he launched his own brand of Emilio Cavallini hosiery. It was an immediate success, he started designing shoes, leather accessories, bathing suits and a full avante garde clothing line for young men and women. Licensees retail stores start to opened in Florence, Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
and Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. He had a runway show in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
with his line for men and in Milan for women. He became member for Milan Chamber of Fashion. In the eighties he believed that the time to look for new clothing forms is over and he started to develop clothing without seams on special seamless machines with large cylinders that were intended for hosiey. He launches the collection in New York and continues developing a large tight that covers the whole body.
In 2009 Stilnovo S.p.A. produces 4 million fashion tights per year and sells worldwide. Currently he is working on a building and archive with the patterns and techniques he developed in 40 years of design. He also nourishes his passion for current and ancient art. This passion leads him to build art pieces of various forms and dimensions using tights as if they were strings, he uses his mathematical knowledge to figure out the tensions of yarns.
Awards, Prizes and Acknowledgments
- In 1986 Italian President Francesco CossigaFrancesco CossigaFrancesco Cossiga was an Italian politician, the 43rd Prime Minister and the eighth President of the Italian Republic. He was also a professor of constitutional law at the University of Sassari....
made him “Cavaliere del lavoro”. - In 1989 Italian President Francesco Cossiga made him “Ufficiale”
- In 1989 he won “Leone d’oro” prize in VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
for fashion. - In 1993 Italian President Oscar Luigi ScalfaroOscar Luigi ScalfaroOscar Luigi Scalfaro , Italian politician and magistrate, was the ninth President of the Italian Republic from 1992 to 1999, and is currently a senator for life...
made him “Commendatore”.
Sources
- Official Italian website of national acknowledgments
- Some Biographic Informations
- 1988 article about opening of Emilio Cavallini store in New York