In light of yesterday's lace memos about Kings with lace spilling out the
tops of their boots, this is a fashion reaction to a fur presentation on QVC
(TV shopping network) this morning..
Dennis Basso, the Madison Avenue NYC furrier to the rich and famous, has
been selling faux furs of high quality on QVC for 20 years.
This morning he showed boot toppers, which were 4 inches in depth,
elasticized top and bottom rims of the fur. (Sort of like some wedding
garters.).
At the top, the elastic hugs the inside rim of the boot. You arrange the
bottom to your preference. I am thinking this is an idea for lace!
Purchase machine lace yardage (too perishable for handmade), elastic, and a
length of contrasting color grosgrain (or non-slippery) ribbon to lay beneath
the lace. Do you think this would work?
He also showed the fur ones with a plain coat - as cuffs - to dress it up.
I was thinking this would be nice in lace for a Winter bride who does not
have a white coat to go with her gown.
By now, creative juices were really flowing with ideas. (I made all my
business suits and matching coats until I was 30, so knew my way around
changing Vogue patterns and embroidering or adding decorative braids to inside
facings and seams of jackets. It made them more feminine, even if the
outside world saw something quite tailored.)
For a young person on your Christmas list, came the thought of narrow gold
laces with pricking patterns in Gil Dye's new metallic lace book. There
is one on page 33 that uses only 2 pairs of bobbins. You might help start a
new fashion craze by making an ankle bracelet (or two), to be worn by
someone who can carry off the current fashion of wearing tights under a tunic.
The wearer would have to not drag her ankles against the opposite leg
(tights are expensive to replace), but what fun for a special occasion.
See the fur boot toppers at _www.qvc.com_ (http://www.qvc.com) Put
A239665 in the Search box.
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center.
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