For the Roberto Cavalli Spring 2025 RTW collection, Creative Director Fausto Puglisi honored the late founder’s supermodel muses including Eva Herzigova, Joan Smalls, Isabeli Fontana, Natasha Poly, Mariacarla Boscono, Karen Elson and Alek Wek. The line-up—in glamazonian archival gowns from the 2000s—were a nod to the print master’s signature silhouettes.

The show opened with all-white looks, before Mediterranean hues—ocres and baby blues—hijacked the motion. Drawing inspiration from his hometown in Messina, Puglisi designed for a fictitious mermaid of sorts as fishing nets became skirts, and photo prints of sunsets over electric blue waters were spayed across dresses and pyjama sets.

While Mr. Cavalli was known for high-octane prints, show-stopping cutouts, and slinky silhouettes well before they became the pinnacle of fashion in the early 2000s, Puglisi is tempering the sex appeal, his creations still sexy, but not constricted.