Thea Porter. Photographed by Joe Gaffney, 1973.
Thea Porter outfit on the cover of Vogue UK, May 1972. Photographed by Arnaud de Rosney.
Jane Forth in a Thea Porter abaya, at Porter's New York store. Photographed by Jack Robinson for Vogue, August 15, 1971.
I'm giving a talk on Thea Porter, "The Intimate World of Thea Porter Couture," this afternoon, as part of the Costume Society's Study Day, De-constructing Couture, so it seemed like a good idea to share a few photos from my presentation. These are less than 10% of what I will be showing today, which is probably less than 2% of the many images I have collected of her and her work- quite an archive!
Hopefully it will go well today- though she has been the focus of my research for two years now, this will be my first public talk on her.
wow wow wow - Thea Porter is my all time fave designer. I really wish i could attend your talk. Going to post any portions of it??
ReplyDeletexoxo,
Leah
www.couturearabesque.com
I love you, Thea.
ReplyDeleteI pray you're in Purgatory now,
not Hell.
This sorta weeerd as a blog post?
True, it may be weeerd...
however 1-outta-1 croaks, dear;
1-outta-1 is sentenced to 3 places,
one of which is transitory depending
on how grave your sins were,
if you perished in a state of grace.
2 others are eternal...
So, yeah, 1-outta-1 bites-the-dust.
Nthn to worry about
if your soul is pure...
If it aint,
better repent.
And dats da fak, Jak.
Cya soon Upstairs, babe...
I love you, Thea.
ReplyDeleteI pray you're in Purgatory now,
not Hell.
This sorta weeerd as a blog post?
True, it may be weeerd...
however 1-outta-1 croaks, dear;
1-outta-1 is sentenced to 3 places,
one of which is transitory depending
on how grave your sins were,
if you perished in a state of grace.
2 others are eternal...
So, yeah, 1-outta-1 bites-the-dust.
Nthn to worry about
if your soul is pure...
If it aint,
better repent.
And dats da fak, Jak.
Cya soon Upstairs, babe...