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Inspirational Images: Thea Porter and Pineapple

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Embroidery from top to toe - pitch black design worked in panels on a natural calico shirt and knee length skirt, narrowly piped with scarlet; £24, Thea Porter. Natural canvas boots embroidered to match; 15gns to order, Chelsea Cobbler.

Embroidery from top to toe – pitch black design worked in panels on a natural calico shirt and knee length skirt, narrowly piped with scarlet; £24, Thea Porter. Natural canvas boots embroidered to match; 15gns to order, Chelsea Cobbler.

Excitement and anticipation is – quite rightly – building for the opening of the Fashion and Textile Museum’s new Thea Porter exhibition (6th February – 3rd May 2015). Guest curated by the lovely Laura McLaws Helms, who has also written the accompanying book, it is surely set to be the exhibition of the year. My Thea gypsy dress is somewhere in there, but having got a sneaky peek last week I can safely say that it will be blown out of the water by the extraordinarily beautiful pieces which have been gathered from a wide variety of sources (as well as ephemera from the archive and a recreation of her glorious dining room).

So to whet your appetite, here’s my dream Thea outfit (well, one of many…) — complete with matching embroidered Chelsea Cobbler boots.

Photographed by Just Jaeckin.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Harpers Bazaar, April 1970.

Gorgeous customers in gorgeous gear….

annacat, gorgeous customers, laurakitty, mr freedom

The very gorgeous Laurakitty (I know you all do already, but check out her brilliant blog sighsandwhispers) posted some pictures of herself on Twitter in a couple of pieces she bought from me. This always makes me very proud indeed, especially given how incredible I know her wardrobe must be.

I’d actually totally forgotten about the Annacat piece above. I normally hoard them like a crazy lady, but occasionally I let one fly free into the world and it’s always lovely when it’s someone I know. Below is the awesome green satin Mr Freedom which was on the website more recently.