Resort 2011 Emilio Pucci by Peter Dundas Deliberately Faded & Lightly Tie Dyed Feather Light Silk Cotton Blue Print Dress

• The twin of this dress was presented for Look 11 for the Resort 2011 Pucci collection and also appeared in the season's Lookbook.
• It was made under the creative direction of Peter Dundas. 
• I love that the presentation photos give you an idea of how gorgeous this is on the body
• The fabric is an ultra light mix of silk and cotton. This gives it an almost transparent feel and even though there is a lot of fabric in the dress it still stays pretty light in weight. It has been deliberately treated so that it has a slight faded effect over the entire dress and there is a secondary very light tie-dye effect that runs over the fabric as well. I have taken a close-up of an area so that you can see it. This is all deliberate to make it feel like a slightly aged heirloom piece.
• Two triangles start just under the bust and they are twisted at their tops where they curve up and over the shoulders. That twisted feel continues to a knot that sits just above the centre of your back and then the straps widen back out to attach to the low back. At the front this leaves the perfect plunge and at the back your entire back is left bare and exposed behind the crossed straps.
• A pretty double layer of a ruffle in the same fabric highlights the seam just under the bust and then continues around you to the curve of the low back. 
• It widens out from there and the natural waist has a more generous feel as do the hips. This is all done to support the ruffled skirt underneath.
• The skirt is made up of four tiers of ruffles stacked in two groups with a wide band between. It curves up at the front and then falls longer at the back. There is a tremendous amount of fabric in the skirt and between the ruffles and the lightness of the silk and cotton fabric it has phenomenal movement around you as you move.
• The dress is one of my favourites of all the modern pieces of Pucci that I have seen and the era that Peter Dundas was the creative director at Pucci is 100% my favourite of the modern predecessors to Emilio.
• The triangles at the front are back in the same fabric and then the rest of the dress is lined in a cotton silk mix in white. It closes with snaps at one side. It appears to have been worn very little if at all.
• Tagged a modern Pucci IT40, FR36, UK8, US6
• Excellent condition

Bust: each triangle covers to 7" flat across from side to side
Seam under the bust: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Natural waist: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 25" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approx 13" from neck to the seam under the bust
Total length: 65" from neck to the longest point of the back hem and is 55" to the shortest point of the front hem.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5262

Reference Photos: Resort 2011 Emilio Pucci Runway & Lookbook.

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