Rare 1977 Thea Porter Couture Documented Cherry Red Fused Velvet Open Front Abaya Caftan designer-stavropoulos You can wear it lose

You can wear it lose and easy or cinch in the waist with a belt

This insanely fabulous Christian Dior coat can be considered demi-couture as it is primarily hand finished and would have been sent to the New York shop with its design based on the Haute Couture version

The inner seams are finished but have loose threads showing along the edges and the binding edging is not tacked down

It is numbered but they are hard to make out

Rare 1977 Thea Porter Couture Documented Cherry Red Fused Velvet Open Front Abaya Caftan designer-stavropoulos You can wear it loseA few months ago I sold a green version of this caftan and I am so pleased to have found a red one so soon after. Like the green, this Thea Porter caftan was made in 1977. It was dated from a copy of the original sketch of the caftan shown worn over a pair of wide legged pants. A copy of that sketch also appears in the 2015 book 'Thea Porter: Bohemian Chic' and I have included both the sketch and a shot of it in the book for you reference. These open