Rare 1968-71 Thea Porter Couture Unlabeled Silk Organza & Brocade Gipsy Dress w Balloon Sleeves designer-pauline-trigere Item# DD2336

Item# DD2336

Total length: 33" from mid-neck to bottom hem

For the Alaia collector it will never go out of style and this one has the added bonus of being in absolutely fabulous condition

Hook & eye at the waist and V of the back to help hide the zipper so the line remains unbroken

The design is so pretty on this one - a stylized landscape with pretty pops of pale pink against the blue

Rare 1968-71 Thea Porter Couture Unlabeled Silk Organza & Brocade Gipsy Dress w Balloon Sleeves designer-pauline-trigere Item# DD2336Thea Porter combined exoticism, embellished ornamentation and luxurious fabrics in her pieces and her work was a phenomenon during her day. This is one of her Gipsy dresses and it has been one of her most loved styles since it was first created in 1968. The Thea Porter book that accompanied the 2015 Fashion and Textile Museum exhibit "Thea Porter 70s Bohemian Chic" (for which over a dozen pieces were pulled from my archives) has many example of stars