Designer Thea Porter

Dressed featured in the April 1970 issue of Vogue UK

Thea Porter, one of the earliest among British fashion designers who rode hippie chic to high visibility. She made and sold clothes whose inspiration was drawn from her far-ranging travels and a childhood spent as the half-French, half-English daughter of a missionary posted to the Middle East. She also dressed Elizabeth Taylor, put the socialite Dalitha Getty in caftans and created Symbolist-inspired costumes for a perpetual party centered on the Rolling Stones and their newly made friends from the British aristocracy.

For more information on this incredible designer check out: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/27/arts/thea-porter-72-dressed-the-elite-of-the-60-s-in-hippie-chic.html