A printed dress is one decision. A pucci outfit built from separates is several, and that is genuinely harder. The advantage is control: a Valdimontone silk top with plain trousers is a completely different proposition from the same top with the matching Valdimontone silk pants. The house makes both possible and leaves the judgement to you. Full print head to toe is the maximalist reading and it is the one Pucci has always encouraged, from the sixties onwards. Mixing one printed piece with plain is the modern approach and arguably the smarter one for most wardrobes.

Valdimontone appears as a silk dress, a silk top and silk pants, which makes it the only complete co-ord in this group and the easiest route to a matched look. Labirinto arrives as a cady dress, the most formal single piece here. The Iride print silk skirt pairs naturally with a plain top and works as the print anchor of an outfit. The Iride long kaftan in crêpe de chine is the resort piece and the most forgiving thing to wear, since a kaftan asks nothing of a body. The mixed print silk scarf is the smallest possible dose of the house and the best entry point if you are unsure. The Emilio bag is the only unprinted item and the one that lets everything else breathe.

If you take one thing away, buy one printed piece and one plain piece from this house rather than two printed ones. The Emilio bag and the scarf are the two items that make the rest of the range easier to wear, and nobody buys them first. Matching a top and trouser in Valdimontone is a genuine statement and it needs the confidence to carry it all day. The kaftan is the single most useful thing here for a holiday, because it goes over swimwear and into dinner without a change. Silk across this range needs specialist cleaning and will mark from sun cream permanently, which matters given where these clothes are designed to go.