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Roberto Cavalli dressed as Karl Lagerfeld and Petra Nemcova as Cleopatra for Cavalli’s Halloween party. Just one more reason to love Cavalli (and Karl too).

Roberto Cavalli skull ring

Roberto Cavalli isn’t the designer I immediately think of when I hear the phrase “Night of the Living Dead”. That distinction goes to Karl Lagerfeld. With his ghostly white coif and spookily slender frame, he’s the only one I want haunting my closets. But with this Cavalli skull ring, Roberto could certainly rattle his chains in my jewelry box.

I have mixed feelings about skulls. They’ve been done so many times and trickled down all the way down to suburban moms with skull patterns on their diaper bags, but still some special skull pieces make my black heart smile…and it’s perfectly appropriate for Halloween, so there!

The open-mouthed screaming skull and slithering snake of the Roberto Cavalli ring are softened by a smattering of pink and black flowers around the mother of pearl dome. Slip it on with something floral and feminine and make people do a double-take (my choice) or go full on tough girl and wear it with all black and bitchin’ leather.

Roberto Cavalli surprised everyone this season with his turn toward the girly. Cavalli is known as the house that leopard print built, but for Spring 2008, the designer embraced floral prints, big diaphanous dresses, and sweet femininity. His nod to ‘70’s boho chic aesthetic included simple, white floor skimming dresses paired with chunky, wood-heeled platforms. The standout pieces were a series of flower splashed cream maxi-dresses where color came in one big floral explosion that hovered around the hem or trailed down one side of the gown.

Despite the emergence of floral prints, Cavalli largely stuck to a muted color palette that replicated sunsets shot with white, cream, lilac, and dusk tones. One of my favorite dusk colored dresses was a short, fringed, flapper-esque number with filmy lace peeking below the hem and above the neckline. This is certainly a more restrained Cavalli than that of seasons past, but for those of you who miss the overt sexiness, there was plenty of leopard print on parade in his Just Cavalli collection.

We should have known Nicole Richie wouldn’t let motherhood throw her off her fashion game. She showed up at Conde Nast’s Fashion Rocks 2007 event and turned maternity fashion on its ear in a black and white Roberto Cavalli dress with a keyhole halter. This maxi dress perfectly shows off her new curves while skimming her baby bump. Loves it!