c1978 Silver Silk Thea Porter Couture Abaya Caftan designer-stavropoulos The original price tag on

The original price tag on this skirt was just a touch under $3000 and it was produced in limited quantities - resort collections always are produced in smaller numbers

Berin was a favorite of Pat Nixon and Ladybird Johnson and you can see why in this classic gown

It is darling and the inside is constructed as well as the outside is beautiful

Hips: to 18" flat across the back from side seam to side seam

Total length: 23" from neck to bottom hem

c1978 Silver Silk Thea Porter Couture Abaya Caftan designer-stavropoulos The original price tag onA rare and stunning Thea Porter Abaya robe whose collared front dates this to approx 1978 1980. It is quite beautiful with its stunning mix of white and silver. The caftan is of course perhaps her strongest signature piece and after the recent, first ever exhibit of her work at the FIT Museum in London (of which I am proud to have lent numerous pieces from my archives to) I am very pleased to be able to offer such a strong example of her work here.