Roberto Cavalli, Italian designer whose fashions filled runways and red carpets, dies at 83

Roberto Cavalli, whose fashions have been a red-carpet staple for decades, has died, the company bearing the designer's name announced Friday. He was 83. Cavalli died Friday in Florence, Italy, where he was born and where he made his home. He had been ill for some time and his health had worsened in recent days, Italian news agency ANSA reported.

He redesigned Playboy's famous Bunny costumes in 2005, put his name on a line for H&M in 2007 and spun up a limited-edition Diet Coke bottle in 2008, per Vogue. In 2011 his 'signature leopard print and heavily gilded stamp' landed on a series of stationary exercise bikes. That same year, he explained to Vogue that he was reluctant to retire.

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