In 1953, the model of the moment, Suzy Parker, posed for Vogue in a boldly patterned shirt and slim lipstick-red pants. Captured in that Kodachrome instant was the look of the moment: “Pants and a shirt cut by a man who’s made pants-and-shirt-cutting a masterwork—Emilio Pucci of Capri.” Yes, these were the original capris, which, in the figure-hugging ’50s, showed off the world’s most celebrated derrieres and gams (Sophia Loren’s and Marilyn Monroe’s come to mind). Emilio Pucci had a career in the Italian air force before he became a designer and was, in fact, still flying when he first tasted fashion success with a ski wear line. Emboldened, he turned in his wings and set up shop, called La Canzone del Mare, in an exclusive beach area of Capri. In 1951, he set about outfitting the smart set in breezy separates, whimsical straw hats, and thong sandals. Before long, his colorful resort wear was dotting shores across the Mediterranean. VOGUE.
In what I is one the most rare opportunities of a lifetime...this offering is for ONE YARD x 36 inches wide of unused original old stock yardage...I have a few inches less than 7YDS available sold by the yard... signed "A Design by Emilio Pucci on a Tootal Fabric". Electric and pastel colored seahorses commanding seashells...brilliant schools of fish equally electronic swim fabulously on a royal sea blue ground...shell pink...baby blue...chartreuse lime...with black and white comes to life like nothing I've ever seen before. To find yardage of such grandeur is unheard of in today's age...likely part of Emilio's resort wear collection in Capri in 1951 as you can imagine a circle skirt fashioned from this pattern TWIRLING in Capri! Expect old stock...flawless...unused.
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