sequined pucci dress created by Williamson for Pucci 2007

Name: sequined pucci dress created by Williamson for Pucci 2007
Brand: Emilio Pucci
Price: 1971.86 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

This was Look 15 from the Pucci 20077 fashion show and it looks as fresh now as it did then. Williamson's time at Pucci may have been brief, but there were definitely standout pieces from that period in Pucci's history, and this dress is definitely one of them. On the runway it was paired with a silver collar overlapping the neckline-an easy trick to duplicate if you love a more Sixties vibe. The influence of the 1960s is immediately evident in this dress. That halter is the exact cut from the pieces of the Pucci original that I had and sold. Williamson took that archival cut and then shortened it and covered the surface with sequins. It is also richly decorated with beads and 3D details in interwoven ropes of pink and green. Beads are set like a giant medallion on the front and detail the neck, hem, and sides. Large stones are embedded in the design, and the closer you get the more you fall in love. The ivory and iridescent sequins that cover every other inch of the surface catch the light beautifully. The dress fastens around the neck and is easy to wear through the body as it is quite straight in cut with only a hint of indentation at the waist. The dress is well maintained. the mannequin is wearing an Italian 38/40 In 2007 Matthew Williamson was Pucci's creative head, and this particular dress stood out that season. Vogue's review of the collection says in part, "It's for the kind of young, party girls who seek advice from Zoe, ideal for getting taken from beach to club, from Ibiza to Bali, from Saint-Tropez to South Beach.... .As one would expect from a British designer who has made it his business to hang out with It girls, Williamson gave Pucci a dose of what's going on in the London club scene.... He took prints from the Pucci archive and put them in the brightest turquoise, aqua, peach, purple, orange, and electric blue, pairing them with mirror-cut wedges, 1960s enamel disc pendants, and giant cuffs."

Brand:

Emilio Pucci

Dimensions:

Marked Size: 38 (EU)

Style:

anni2000 (Of the Period)

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

2000-2009

Condition:

Seller Location:

Viareggio, IT

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU4029222896632

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Emilio Pucci

By the mid-1960s, the international fashion press, enamored of his dazzling scarves and slithery dresses in sensuous psychedelic silk jersey, had dubbed Florentine designer Emilio Pucci the Prince of Prints. Less well known is that, starting in the early 1950s, Pucci applied his colorful, abstract patterns to static angular mediums such as ceramics, floors and furniture, imbuing them with movement, not to mention glamour. He was the first fashion designer to enter the lifestyle market, founding the successful brand that exists today.

Born in 1914 to one of Italy’s oldest noble families, Emilio Pucci, Marchese Pucci di Barsento, was a member of the postwar international jet set, hopping from beach to mountain to city. His fashion career began unexpectedly in 1947, when he created a revolutionary stretch ski outfit that was photographed on the Swiss slopes for Harper’s Bazaar.

Eschewing a life of aristocratic glamour, the self-taught Pucci opened a boutique on Capri dedicated to simple resort clothing (think capri pants) that evoked the Mediterranean’s undulating waves and refreshingly bright colors. At the time, luxury fashion was as constricted as a Dior cocktail dress, but the Swinging Sixties were on the horizon. Signed with what Vogue International editor Suzy Menkes calls a “handwritten ‘Emilio’ flourish” — a concept, she points out, as novel as that of designer ready-to-wear — his designs were soon seen on celebrities like Jackie Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe.

From the airline uniforms he created for Braniff in the 1960s to the emblem he crafted for the Apollo XV space mission in 1971, Pucci’s designs were visionary. In spite of his traditional roots (or because of them), the Prince of Prints was forward thinking and outward looking. Pucci put his signature flourish on patterns that were flexible — first for fashion, then for furnishings and objects. Whether on fabric or foam, shelves or sails, as he first explained some 70 years ago, the ornamental designs work in “continuous motion.” Venturing into nontraditional design partnerships, he laid the groundwork for a future brand, a classic legacy that his daughter Laudomia Pucci continues today.

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