c1975 Thea Porter Couture Black Silk Velvet 'Chazara' Jacket designer-malcolm-starr Ties to close with the

Ties to close with the ties and choker piece made of shoestrings

It is the same dress used in the ad campaigns that year but with a different print

elegant French women and their daughters sought out the label and made it a part of their loves and wardrobes

From there the skirt floats over the hips to the hem where it is finished with a fine band of black netting set just under the hem line

c1975 Thea Porter Couture Black Silk Velvet 'Chazara' Jacket designer-malcolm-starr Ties to close with theThese jackets were a Thea Porter signature and were introduced into her collections in 1975. The name 'Chazara' came form a type of butterfly and they were made in a multitude of fabrics and colors. Here we have a beautiful and deceptively simple version in an inky black silk velvet. Inside it is lined in a luxurious ivory silk satin. It is hip length with a long and lean cut. A Nuhru collar tops the hidden row of hook and eye that closes the front.