Rare 1968-71 Thea Porter Couture Unlabeled Silk Organza & Brocade Gipsy Dress w Balloon Sleeves designer-john-anthony Hips: 15-17" flat across the

Hips: 15-17" flat across the back from side seam to side seam

It is hand screened with huge flowers across its surface

raw feeling cotton with a linen like finish

5" from neck to feathers)

21" circumference and finished with the signature blue grosgrain ribbon of this time period

Rare 1968-71 Thea Porter Couture Unlabeled Silk Organza & Brocade Gipsy Dress w Balloon Sleeves designer-john-anthony Hips: 15-17" flat across theThea 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