c1972 Fringe Emilio Pucci Jersey Maxi Dress designer-christian-lacroix It has high slits up

It has high slits up each side and each sleeves widens as it nears the cuff

The workman ship is crazy and it is a true piece of hippie history

Bust: 15" flat across from side seam to side seam with a small cup built in

The fabric is amazing - pale pale pastels all in metallic shade with different textures and weaves so you get a subtle 3D effect and the raised bits become another dimension to the design

but in the earlier days you did see solid colored garments

c1972 Fringe Emilio Pucci Jersey Maxi Dress designer-christian-lacroix It has high slits upEarlier Pucci pieces often combined his print with panels of solids and he liked to play with the concept of using more then one color panel. Here he combined a solid black with green and then ties the two together with his signature print on the bodice using those same two colors. I believe this to be from the 1972 collection based on that dramatic fringing use in place of a traditional sleeve. Another example of a fringed Pucci from that year is