Rare 1968-71 Thea Porter Couture Unlabeled Silk Organza & Brocade Gipsy Dress w Balloon Sleeves designer-nat-kaplan Length: 50" from top of

Length: 50" from top of bust to hem at the front

This is the kind of dress that you can see just how much of an influence this shape is still having on our current catwalks

The dress is a good heavy weight

Hips: 21- 23" flat across from side seam to side seam

Each segment of the dress is suspended from the others with little ladders of bead embossed silk that leaves skin exposed between

Rare 1968-71 Thea Porter Couture Unlabeled Silk Organza & Brocade Gipsy Dress w Balloon Sleeves designer-nat-kaplan Length: 50" from top ofThea 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