1. BROWN AND BLACK CHECKED WOOL DRESS WITH REVERSIBLE CAPE; 2. BLACK CHIFFON COCKTAIL DRESS; 3. WHITE SILK CREPE COCKTAIL DRESS; 4. LONG PRINTED CHIFFON EVENING GOWN; 5."PALAZZO" PYJAMAS IN SILVER AND GOLD VINYL; 6. LONG PRINTED SILK JERSEY EVENING DRESS-COLOURS VIOLET, HOT PINT AND GERANIUM; 7. AFTER-SKI COCKTAIL OUTFIT OF PRINTED LEOTARDS AND VELVET SKIRT, COLOURS PINK AND VIOLET ON WHITE BACKGROUND; 8. TWO MODELS WITH FANTASTIC HAIRSTYLES AND SHOWING AFTER-SKI OUTFITS, STRETCH PANTS AND VELVET JACKETS; 9. PRINTED SILK TWILL COVER-UP OVER MATCHING BIKINI DESIGNED FOR PRINCESS GRACE OF MONACO).




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Background: THE FLORENTINE NOBLEMAN AND FASHION DESIGNER EMILIO PUCCI YESTERDAY (MONDAY) SHOWED HIS AUTUMN-WINTER COLLECTIONS - DAZZLING ELEGANCE FOR THE WORLD OF HIGH FASHION - AND A RIOT OF EXOTIC, VIOLENT COLOUR FOR THE BOUTIQUE WORLD.

PUCCI'S BOUTIQUE FASHIONS WERE OFTEN IN SURPRISING NEW COLOUR COMBINATIONS. SLINKY LEOTARDS, FLOWING PYJAMAS AND EXOTIC AFTER-SKI OUTFITS APPEARED TO HAVE COME STRAIGHT FROM A TECHNICOLOUR HALLUCINATION. ON SOME MODELS THE ORIENTAL LOOK WAS EMPHASISED BY CURIOUS HAIRSTYLES - SELF SUPPORTING SPIRALS OF PLAITED HAIR TWISTING UP ON TOP OF THE HEAD, OR SHAKING PLUMES OF REAL HAIR LIKE THE PLUMAGE OF A BIRD OF PARADISE.

IN THE MORE FORMAL STYLES OF HIGH FASHION, PUCCI'S COLLECTION HAD A MORE SOBER AIR, BUT WAS NO LESS DAZZLING. IN MANY STRAIGHT HEMLINES HAD DISAPPEARED, WITH THE NEW LINES DIPPING TO V-SHAPES.