c1966 Black Silk Emilio Pucci Plunged Jumpsuit designer-bill-blass It is cut to float

It is cut to float over the body in a cascade of silk only to be caught up at the waist with volume above created with the wide puffed sleeves and volume below through the amount of fabric in the skirt

Unlined with a button and loop to close at the neck

The skirt is a masterpiece of pleat and flat work done to give interest but without adding excessive volume

The dress is fully lined in black silky rayon and closes with a side painted metal zipper

early eighties Lapidus dress that marries the glitzy Studio 54 effect with the craze for menswear through the great velvet accented tuxedo feeling collar

c1966 Black Silk Emilio Pucci Plunged Jumpsuit designer-bill-blass It is cut to floatEmilio Pucci did not always design pieces in his signature prints. Every once in a while he would throw in a solid color or metallic, less so as time passed and his prints become his bread and butter, but in the earlier days you did see solid colored garments. This one is a version of the documented 1966 jumpsuit found on page 324 of the book "Pucci" published by Taschen. The book version was done in a metallic fabric but here we see him play with two