Top model Saskia de Brauw is not the first person who comes to mind for a Roberto Cavalli campaign. The whip smart, 41-year-old Dutch earth goddess is a writer and observer of global life, loaded up with art books and musings about famous people.

Sicilian-born designer to the stars Fausto Puglisi understands overt glamour as experienced in the Mediterranean. As’flashy’ as his designs might seem, there is also a lightness and a particular attention to detail in all aspects of the clothes.