Italian designer Roberto Cavalli has died on the age of 83, his firm stated in a publish on Instagram.

“The Roberto Cavalli firm shares condolences with Mr. Cavalli’s household,” Sergio Azzolari, chief government of Roberto Cavalli, stated within the publish.

Cavalli died on Friday at his house in Florence, the Italian information company ANSA stated.

The designer, who based his label within the early Seventies and was identified for his animal prints, had been unwell for a while. He’s survived by his six youngsters.

The Florence-based trend group is owned by Auriel Funding SA, managed by Dubai’s Hussain Sajwani, who rescued it in 2019.

–Reporting by Harshita Meenaktshi in Bengaluru and Giselda Vagnoni in RomeEditing by Chris Reese and Rosalba O’Brien