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STYLE SETTER a son shines SOME VEGAS-FRIENDLY MENSWEAR. BY LAURIE BROOKINS D SCION OF A LUXE ITALIAN LABEL, DANIELE CAVALLI IS PUTTING A MODERNIST SPIN ON aniele Cavalli would feel right at home in Las Vegas, I tell him, if how he spent his August is any indication. The 26-year-old designer journeyed around the Mediterranean on father Roberto Cavalli's 140-foot Baglietto yacht, the RC. And while yachts may not be indigenous to the Las Vegas landscape, Daniele's description of his dad's rather famous, rainbow-hued vessel, and how much he says he loves it, allows the thought that he would assimilate nicely amid the glam lights of the Strip: "It's a luxury pirate ship," Daniele says with a laugh. The Cavalli name has been synonymous with glamour since that early-'70s moment when Roberto, a former art student and the grandson of an Impressionist painter, perfected a technique for printing on leather and quickly drew attention from the likes of Pierre Cardin and Hermès before venturing out on his own with an eponymous collection. This year, the Florence-based label celebrates the 40th anniversary of Roberto's first boutique, in St-Tropez (the largest Cavalli collection in the US is right here at Crystals), and you can't help but note the lovely symmetry in what Daniele is doing now with the Cavalli men's collection, namely in continuing to push boundaries with fabrics and printing techniques. For Fall/Winter 2012, during his third year at the helm of Cavalli men's, he is indeed exhibiting a deft hand with both his influences and the use of artful tailoring. The Cavalli codes are much in evidence throughout the 74 VEGASMAGAZINE.COM PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANITA BUGGE/WIRE IMAGE (DANIELE); VITTORIO ZUNINO CELOTTO/GETTY IMAGES (CAVALLI FAMILY); AL POWERS (STORE)