c1968 Thea Porter Embroidered Ivory & Brocade 'Faye' Dress designer-lanvin There are actually three parts

There are actually three parts to it - a blue silk inner slip

Fully lined in a black silky cotton mix and closes with a hand set

That wedding gown like tiny spaced row of fabric covered buttons at the back and the high neck are just icing on the cake

Exceptional and unusual little black silk dress with a label attributing it to Zoe - who created demi-couture made to order pieces in Toronto in the fifties and early sixties

16" x 16" or 41cm x 41cm

c1968 Thea Porter Embroidered Ivory & Brocade 'Faye' Dress designer-lanvin There are actually three partsIn the book that accompanied the Thea Porter exhibit of which I lent a dozen Thea Porter pieces to, author Laura McLaws Helms describes the Faye dress: " the Faye dress was high necked with flowing sleeves, a full skirt and tight bodice. named for her client, the American actress Faye Dunaway, it was usually made of a sheer georgette in a rainbow of colors with a panel of antique brocade covering the chest. The Faye was continually remade in several