You guys, is on holiday. But before the Twitter-loving septuagenarian jetted off to his undisclosed location of choice, he took a moment to publish post number 172 on his blog.

‘Will you live without me?’, he begins, describing his Christmas plans as ‘a little holiday until the fifth of January with three of my children and grandchildren.’

‘I think I will leave you alone until 2013… I will miss you a lot… I will have a great desire to speak to you and to tell you about my days. Your presence in my life has become addictive.’

The designer took to the blogosphere with childlike zeal in 2012, inviting readers into his swirl of models, yachts and pampered pooches. And he seems set to continue filing his postcards from Cavalli-land well into 2013.

The heartfelt out-of-office message culminates with ‘many, many, many kisses wishing you a merry Christmas along with my best wishes for a great 2013!’

Same to you, Roberto…

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