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Chantilly Lace
I love lace, so I was happy to hear from the Wall Street Journal that lace has made a comeback on the runway for spring and fall. The Journal shows how lace is still made today after decades of its virtual disappearance from the fashion world. I hope a revival of this ancient art can be sustained. As the Journal slideshow indicates, lace can be transformed for edginess. But to me there's nothing more feminine than lace. I wonder if its return signals a subterranean longing in women for clothes that are more feminine and less oriented toward the office.
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A turn-of-the century beauty in Irish lace
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An Oleg Cassini wedding gown circa 2003
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A lace mantilla
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My mother at her second wedding in a dress she designed herself as a December bride--light green taffeta with a lace overlay and a dark green velvet sash, 1957.
4 comments:
My husband loves lace. Your Mom looked lovely and happy! Have an awesome weekend!
Thanks for kind comment, Farrah. My mother's marriage was a happy one. Hope you escape the rain this weekend.
Your mom did look lovely in her lace dress.
I love lace, but never knew until I saw your sample exactly what Chantilly lace was -- even though I've heard that phrase a lot.
I love lacy things. I love how mature women in the late Victorian era and the Edwardian era were able to wear lace in their later years and still look so age-appropriate and dignified. I'm of an age when lace can look a little "old lady" on me, even though I do love it.
Bring back the lace.
I absolutely LOVE lace. I've never even noticed that it went out of syle because I have always used/worn it over the years...and I still do! I love lace clothing, lace curtains, tablecloths and basically anything that can be made with lace. Thank you for this wonderful post.
God Bless
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