Roberto Cavalli Said Some Lovely Things While in Tokyo

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Robert Cavalli just opened up his first freestanding boutique in Asia, and said some lovely things to WWD while in Tokyo. Perhaps the best few lines of their write up are as follows: "'I'm young. I have another 50 years of life,' he said before going on to perform a mathematical equation and estimating that he will have sex another 15,000 times before his demise."

He also explained that he chose to open up his Tokyo boutique in the trendy Aoyama neighborhood instead of the popular Ginza shopping district. "I want it to be that [shoppers] come to find me. They shouldn't find me by accident walking in Ginza. I think this is a really winning strategy. I will demonstrate this to the dear Messrs. Chanel or other people like that. Fine, you dress the grandmothers and the mothers and I'll dress their kids."
· Roberto Cavalli Talks Retail, Sex—and Living to 120 [WWD]