"You Can't Just Buy Things for the Label"

The Telegraph has printed a hilarious interview with Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli (he of the body-hugging, leopard print fame). The interview was conducted aboard Cavalli's iridescent purple 130 foot yacht (I kid you not) moored in Cannes for the duration of the Cannes Film Festival. Sharon Stone yaks on her cellphone in the background.

Roberto Cavalli: 'The English - oh my God!'

Cavalli is so entrenched within the fashion industry, and has made so much money for himself and his investors that he can pretty much say whatever he wants without ramification -- so he does!

Choice quotes: "(Madonna) is not nice with anyone: she doesn't know how to be nice." ; "Anyone is capable of doing minimalism. I won't, because it's horrible"; "If I have one desire left in life, it's finding a new fabric as versatile and wonderful as denim" and "Kate Moss's collection (for TopShop) was badly made, stupid and bland; you see things like that everywhere. You can't just buy things for the label - it's ridiculous."

Roberto Cavalli's purple yacht below: