Roberto Cavalli Blasts Anna Wintour, Vogue, And Louis Vuitton On Twitter

by Verena von Pfetten | 4:41 pm, April 23rd, 2012

Roberto Cavalli is no stranger to Twitter — he has (as of publishing) posted over 2,500 tweets and has just under 200,000 followers to his name — but over the weekend, the designer went on a bit of a Kanye West-inspired rant, calling out Anna Wintour, Louis Vuitton, and the “fashion mafia system” all in one fell swoop.

It started on Saturday morning and went a little something like this:

I canot speak with you anymore.Many silly fashion site … Wont to close my mouth.I dont want to be part of this mafia fashion system !

— Roberto Cavalli (@Roberto_Cavalli) April 21, 2012

Fashion…is a big machine of money !!no creativity anymore !In 50 years the books of fashion … THEY DONT HAVE NATHING TO SAY ABOUT US

— Roberto Cavalli (@Roberto_Cavalli) April 21, 2012

Sorry, I canot do anythink against that, I dont havethe power of the bigestTheyare buying the market offashion !!like the politic

— Roberto Cavalli (@Roberto_Cavalli) April 21, 2012

where is the franch fashion ?No one disigner is franch…….in the franch brands,English…American….. italian ….

— Roberto Cavalli (@Roberto_Cavalli) April 21, 2012

THE ONLY AMERICAN DESIGNER THAT I LIKE IS MARC JACOBS…!but …just in the Marc Jacobs show !!!Louis Vuitton show isfor old ladys

— Roberto Cavalli (@Roberto_Cavalli) April 21, 2012

I canot use twitter …just to wishGOOD MORNINGor GOOD NIGHT To my friends……I am not silly and banal !!I love to say my thoughts

— Roberto Cavalli (@Roberto_Cavalli) April 21, 2012

I confide you a secret… Anna Wintur das nt come to see my show in Milano…….Why ??becouse I dont do publicity in American Vogue ??

— Roberto Cavalli (@Roberto_Cavalli) April 21, 2012

In that last tweet, Cavalli appears to be referring to the somewhat unspoken agreement between brands and magazines that advertising begets editorial — we’d be curious to take a look back through past Vogue issues to see if this is, in fact, true. But when all is said and done, our favorite tweet of Cavalli’s was posted a little earlier in the week, and serves as a delightful example of the way in which social media really breaks down the walls between designers and consumers.