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==Early life== Pucci was born in [[Naples]] in 1914 to the [[Pucci family]], and he lived and worked in the [[Palazzo Pucci, Florence|Pucci Palace]] in Florence for much of his life.<ref name="NYT">{{Citation|last=Morris|first=Bernadine|publication-date=1 December 1992|year=1992|title=Emilio Pucci, Designer of Bright Prints, Dies at 78|periodical=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7D8173FF932A35751C1A964958260|access-date=22 April 2008}}</ref> At the age of 17 Pucci traveled to [[Lake Placid, New York]], as part of the [[Italy at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Italian team]] at the [[1932 Winter Olympics]], where he did not compete. After two years at the [[University of Milan]],<ref name="NYT"/> he studied agriculture at the [[University of Georgia]] in [[Athens, Georgia]], United States.<ref name="CIA">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/docs/v13i2a16p_0015.htm |title=The Ciano Papers: Rose Garden |last=McGaw Smyth |first=Howard |year=1969 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=23 April 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409175454/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/docs/v13i2a16p_0015.htm|archive-date=9 April 2008}}</ref> In 1935, he was given a full scholarship to [[Reed College]] in [[Oregon]] in return for developing a college ski team.<ref name="ReedMagazine2014">{{cite journal |last1=Rendleman |first1=Raymond |title=Thinker. Tailor. Soldier. Spy. |journal=[[Reed Magazine]] |date=March 2014 |volume=93 |issue=1 |url=http://www.reed.edu/reed_magazine/march2014/articles/features/pucci/pucci1.html |access-date=9 July 2018}}</ref> He earned an MA in social science from [[Reed College]] in 1937,<ref name="NYT"/> and was awarded his doctorate (''[[laurea]]'') in political science from the [[University of Florence]] the same year.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zani|first=Andrea|date=2012|title=Il sarto|journal=Aeronautica|publisher=Associazione Arma Aeronautica|volume=4|pages=99β108}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}
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