Extraordinary Spring 2002 Roberto Cavalli Runway Look 5 Hand Painted Distressed Suede Full Length Coat designer-Odette-Barsa his sister took over the

his sister took over the house and eventually had other designers head the atelier

when you convert that to modern dollars and realize that it would be just under 30k for his upper range pieces

It has a nice weight to it and these are very hard to find in such wonderful condition as this one is in

Once the dress gets past the bust it widens out to be quite full by the time it reaches the hem so that when you move you get an unexpected bit of volume

This gives it a subtle shimmer that when set against the pink is just beautiful to see

Extraordinary Spring 2002 Roberto Cavalli Runway Look 5 Hand Painted Distressed Suede Full Length Coat designer-Odette-Barsa his sister took over theI literally did the gasp when I saw this coat in person for the first time. Cavallie said at the time that the theme of this collection was "a modern fairy tale" and the pieces had a bit of a folky feel to them. The suedes were distressed, softened and made to look aged. The twin of this coat walked the runway for Look 5 and I love that we have reference photos from the runway and video so you can see how fantastic this on and it moves. Alek Wek is