c1972 Fringe Emilio Pucci Jersey Maxi Dress designer-mr-blackwell The final detail is a

The final detail is a silk flower set at the waist from which ribbons dangle down the front

A row of decorative buttons trails down the front and I love how the pattern is used to create the illusion of "cuffs" on each sleeve

it is cut classic body hugging

It is backed with a stiffening fabric and attached

c1972 Fringe Emilio Pucci Jersey Maxi Dress designer-mr-blackwell The final detail is aEarlier 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