Rare c1968 Pucci Turquoise Print Towelling Velvet Split Side Caftan Dress designer-Fausto-Puglisi / (4-5) Fall 1987 Yves

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That department store opened its door around 1904 and I found a reference to it as being "described as a place where sumptuous richness is the keynote"

The bead work is quite large and has rows of dangling beads so they move a little when you do

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I love the two smock details that gather in the fabric and that run around the bust and above the final tier

Rare c1968 Pucci Turquoise Print Towelling Velvet Split Side Caftan Dress designer-Fausto-Puglisi / (4-5) Fall 1987 YvesThe Pucci beach caftan is one of those iconic vintage items that is synonymous with the 1960s and that carefree, jet set life that Emilio Pucci and his clients often lived. Variations of this example were heavily featured in the display at the Fondazione Emilio Pucci, Palaxxo Pucci, in Florence. There, they were displayed and encased under glass so that you could see then from every angle and each felt like a sculpture. They are very rare and hard to