Italy bids farewell to Roberto Cavalli

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 15 - Italy on Monday bade farewell to Roberto Cavalli, the influential Florentine fashion designer who died Friday night aged 83.
    Dubbed "the king of free-and-easy and sexy wear", Cavalli had become a father for the sixth time a year ago.
    His funeral took place in Florence's Basilica di San Miniato al Monte, where his coffin was greeted by a long round of applause by fashion world figures like Toni Scervino, Leonardo Ferragamo and Sandro Fratini and showbiz stars including Carlo Conti, Leonardo Pieraccioni, Afef Jnifen, and Paolo Ruffini. (ANSA).