Roberto Cavalli has chosen Italian model Elisa Sednaoui as the face of his new women’s fragrance, forthcoming in February 2012.
‘As Cavalli house model, I feel like I have a tiger inside,’ Sednaoui said. ‘I’m blessed and very grateful to have the opportunity to be the face of the Roberto Cavalli fragrance’.
Cavalli, an avowed friend of all tigers , described Sednaoui as a natural choice for the print and TV ad campaign.
‘Elisa is self-confident and she has an amazing personality,’ he said. ‘She has got this animal side, she is enthusiastic, really sexy with a stunning body and hypnotic eyes. She is the woman every woman would like to be, so she is the real Cavalli woman.’
A longtime ELLE style crush, Sednaoui is a favourite of Karl Lagerfeld ’s—the Chanel designer cast her as a model in his mythology-themed 2011 Pirelli calendar . She fronted Giorgio Armani’s S/S ’11 campaign and boasts Christian Louboutin as her godfather, making her something of fashion royalty. The woman every woman would want to be? We'll say...
