24 hours with ROBERTO CAVALLI

The designer’s life by the numbers 20 to 35 tweeets a day 1 helicopter 10 drops of Roberto Cavalli fragrance at bedtime; no pajamas

9:00 A.M. I wake up at nine o’clock. I never, never wear pajamas in my life. I always feel I cannot sleep when I am dressed. I have to be naked. I am like Marilyn Monroe: She said five drops of Chanel No 5; I tell you 10 drops of Roberto Cavalli fragrance. I’ll tell you something else. A few times in my life when I went to the hospital for some reason, very silly,

it was complicated for me because they asked me to wear pajamas. When I wake up, my German shepherd, Lupo, jumps on the bed and starts to kiss me. He is a fantastic son. I also have a cat. She is tiny but she eats everything. Then I have my bird, a parrot, a big yellow-and-blue one, in the living room. Maybe she says hello to me. I go to her with a small cake and she eats it. I have many different pets: two dogs, the cat, parakeets, an iguana, a blackbird, and two

aquariums full of fish. I especially love exotic fish. They have been an inspiration and are featured in my collections. I used to have a small tiger and a monkey, but not anymore.The monkey was mean.

9:15 A.M. The first thing I do is take a shower. I don’t use many products. When I come down, I make some sketches. I prepare my breakfast and tea. Then I go to the computer and read all the magazines and the Herald Tribune. 9:30 A.M. I don’t go to work naked. I go to work all the time in my jeans. I have a minimum of 50 pairs of jeans—all Cavalli! I have three or four that are my favourites. One light black sweater. Cavalli panties, something zebra, leopard. Very tight. I put on Cavalli socks. I have 40 pairs of

Cavalli cowboy boots—black, all the same. That’s my personality. I have a very old Cavalli bag in denim and croco—dark blue. It is almost destroyed, but I love it and I can’t change—it’s part of me now. For big occasions, I have a beautiful grey silk shirt and one black tie. Today, I am in

Australia going to the Victoria Derby in Melbourne, where the guests will be Prince Charles and Camilla, and Nicole Kidman will be there, and, of course, Roberto Cavalli! I like to travel. I went to Papua New Guinea a couple of years ago and met one of the last cannibal tribes existing on

the planet. Very exciting! 10:00 A.M. I enjoy many forms of transportation. I love my boat. The hull’s paint has a wonderful ever-changing colour, obtained with special paint that I also used to paint my helicopter. The paint is iridescent, so when the sun is bright, the boat is a golden

purplish colour, and when the sun goes down, it becomes navy blue. I used to ride a Segway around Florence in the summertime, but now I prefer to walk. I also have many big cars. I have a Ferrari, but in the last six months, I discovered the small electric car. I put Lupo in my car and