In the aesthetic debate on masculinity currently underway, between languor and resulting glam rock, perhaps a little testosterone was lacking. A little braggart, which certainly does not disdain a large paraphernalia of animalier, uncovered bellies, decorations and excesses more easily associated with the female world.
Fausto Puglisi, who imagines Roberto Cavalli’s man, is the spokesperson like a zarro without brakes and without inhibitions; a freak from the suburbs who walks feline and menacing with zebra-striped jeans, fangs hanging like trinkets, boxer shorts and paramilitary boots.
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He even chooses Mike Tyson to embody such great vision in the video with which the Cavalli maison unveiled, off the calendar, the men’s collection for spring / summer 2022. The reference to the early 2000s, the apogee of the brand, is evident, as is the breath of Prodigy in the video , but the recipe works and is appreciated.
It is certainly not a shocking proposal for its novelty, but smart for its timing: it fits into the void left by Riccardo Tisci with Givenchy, giving a glimpse of glamor to streetwear without playing on the periphery of the author. The “tamarraggine”, Puglisi seems to remind us, is a condition of the spirit, and vivadio those who celebrate it. Because then, with the unforgettable Franco Moschino, good taste does not exist.