Roberto Cavalli hires new design director

Fashion designer Roberto Cavalli has hired Yvan Mispelaere, former creative designer of fashion brand Diane von Furstenberg, as a design director for his own brand.

The new role has been created specially for Mispelaere, reports WWD.

His first collection for the designer will be the brand's autumn/winter 2014 line which will be unveiled at Milan Fashion Week in February next year.