A SKIMS x Cavalli Summer Mashup

What happens when you mix Italian luxury with American personality ? You get Cavalli X SKIMS. On June 27th 2025, the fashion world got a shake up when SKIMS, run by CEO Kim Kardashian, launched a collaboration with the world renowned Italian luxury designer, Roberto Cavalli. This collaboration brought us vintage styled luxury swimwear and cover-ups that are encompassed with exotic animal prints, and floral patterns in neutral and pastel colors.

Photo Courtesy from SKIMS

Stepping into the fashionable jungle of Cavalli we are faced with fearless elegance, roaring designs, and the subtle but impactful beauty of nature that gives us a direct connection to the land. Roberto Cavalli's fashion brand includes a major pillar that is inspired from femininity, spirit, and animal prints. To walk in chic, luxury clothing that says "I am here, I am proud, and I stand out in a crowd" gives fashion-empowerment another level of love.

The vintage look will never diminish, nor go out of style. As we know in the fashion world, yesterday's look can become tomorrow’s latest trend and most of the trends we see nowadays pay tribute to the nostalgic feelings we get when we see previous fashion trends over the decades. Cyclical fashion plays a major role in the fashion industry and breeds inspiration for trends that designers consider when creating their next looks. Taking ideas from the previous years that were initially popular and putting a twist on them to make it more applicable and accepted by the current population.

Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian in Zebra Print pieces - Photo Courtesy of Kris Jenner's Instagram

Roberto Cavalli and SKIMS brought that nostalgic feeling with the liberated personality that animal print brings out of any fashionista who is confident enough to put it on. The collection offers three unique prints for a variety of their swimwear, cover-ups, dresses and catsuits that we, the consumer, can choose from; Fagianella Print, Tiger Face Print, and Zebra Print.

Tiger Face Print One Piece, Zebra Print One Piece, Fagianella Print One Piece - Photos Courtesy of SKIMS.com

This collaboration speaks to the cultural craving of 2000s fashion and the popularity that SKIMS modern minimalist ethos has gained over the past years. This collection holds every Gen Z's traveling, vacationing and lifestyle vloggers must have aesthetic fashioned pieces. I'd love to give kudos to the brilliant idea of including hair accessories that match these pieces. It gives these sets more character and doubles down on the free-spirited femininity that Cavalli and Kardashian love to emphasize in their fashion.

Roberto Cavalli X SKIMS creates a unique intersection where aspirational meets wearable - making high fashion more accessible without diluting its essence. The prices for this limited collection vary between $80-$200, and the quality matches the quantity of the investment. If there was ever a time to splurge on a shopping budget, I'd let this summer collection be the exception.

This collaboration is genius, with SKIMS reintroducing Cavalli to the younger audiences, and helping to reframe the brands' relevance in todays fashion economy. The days of having limited, quality pieces slowly decline due to today's fast fashioned economy, and this collection really does help to stimulate what it means to have timeless pieces. These patterns and prints that don't ever go out of style get their revival in a refreshing and sophisticated way through SKIMS mature designs. I believe when this collection was being brainstormed, they kept the millennial women who love fun, sexy, and free-spirited fashion in mind.

Kim Kardashian in Zebra Printed Two Set bikini- Photo Courtesy from SKIMS

In a world where fashion constantly evolves, yet circles back, the Roberto Cavalli x SKIMS collaboration is a striking reminder that style is cyclical, sensual, and deeply personal. This partnership doesn’t deliver nostalgia—it reimagines it, o!ering a modern take on the fearless glamour of the early 2000s. With animal prints that speak to both confidence and sophistication, and silhouettes that celebrate the body unapologetically, this collection is more than a trend—it's a moment. As luxury brands and contemporary labels continue to blend worlds, this collab proves that fashion’s future lies in honoring the past while designing for the now.