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Regarding Elenaâs comment below, there have been other haute couture houses
which used bobbin lace. One of note was a spectacular Pierre Balmain gown, the
bodice of which was almost entirely of âpoint dâespritâ
> On Jul 26, 2020, at 2:49 PM, Elena Kanagy-Loux wrote:
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> .. At the moment, there are only two other mainstream/couture
> fashion designers that I know of that use handmade lace: Ulyana Sergeenko
> (who is Russian and uses Vologda lace) and Manolo Blahnik (he used bobbin
> lace for a
Hi Arachnids,
I was thrilled to wake up and read this article the other morning (sent to
me by Mary Mangan in MA)!
I mentioned in my IOLI talk on Wednesday that one of my interview subjects
from Genoa, Italy told me that more designers should use handmade lace, and
I agreed. At the moment, there
I thought the same at first. Then I realized that all this “rare technique
dating back” and “in danger of disappearing” talk is just the author, punching
up her story. She has seen the workrooms and all the young people making this
lace; and knows these phrases aren’t exactly true, but that
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>Someone (maybe on Arachne or maybe during IOLI's Uncon) was talking
>about the need for fashion designers to incorporate hand-made lace in
>the clothes they design. So I thought you all might
Dear all,
I saw this article, too, and wondered at the "Rare Technique Dating Back.."
This person doesn't know about us. I thought it both funny and sad. I wonder
if we could copy the lace, the butterflies especially diddn't look that
difficult, and make our own Dior knock-offs. I tried the
Someone (maybe on Arachne or maybe during IOLI's Uncon) was talking
about the need for fashion designers to incorporate hand-made lace in
the clothes they design. So I thought you all might like to see the
following article which I was sent abuot Dior. The author clearly
hadn't succeeded in
