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Emilio Pucci

Spring/Summer 2012

By Emma Sells

In the oppulent surroundings of a former palace Peter Dundas celebrated a more down-to-earth, albeit exotic type of girl - the gypsy.

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Sporting gold tiered earring and with silk scarves tied in her hair she wore vibrantly printed peasant tops, off the shoulder and cropped under the bust, and full skirts and flounced dresses. Pucci print scarves were transformed into slip dresses, blouses embellished by gold studding and knotted tops and skirts. And there were figure hugging, sheer dresses that left little to the imagination.

There were hints of a Catholic heritage too - although not, of course in the traditional, demure sense - in the black lace trim on barely there cropped tops and the tiniest of shorts, a prayer shawl-like dress and the scarlet pencil skirts and jackets heavily and richly beaded in black. She’s a wild girl with heart.