This year's fall collection is not to be worn by the fashionably shy or uncertain. Pucci's newest project exudes confidence, adventure, and-- as usual, a whole lot of skin. The master behind the designs, Artistic Director Peter Dundas, used the exotic architecture of the Austrian Tyrolean Mountains as his muse.
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Throughout the show, models sashayed down the catwalk in short billowy frocks of cyan blue and long, black, beaded gowns suitable for a nineteenth-century dinner with the Empress Sissi of Austria.
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Double-breasted pantsuits were complimented by high neck collars and floral lace that added a Victorian ladylike charm to the unyielding sophistication of the modern day businesswoman.
Sheer blouses, feathered minidresses, tailored capris, and black lace turtlenecks managed to keep the model looking svelte and enchanting.
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Leave it to Dundas to turn the black knee-length pencil dress into a flamboyant map of embroidered sparkle and gorgeous onyx velvet. The look is far from the minimalism of a D&G corset dress, but rather a collection of Austrian dirndles complete with Matador-styled embroidery and signature Pucci embellishments.
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The period of the unshapely YSL tux is over. It is time to embrace the female body for what it is: influential, extravagant, and powerful-- and Dundas' Fall-Winter Collection has managed to do just that.
