When you see a spider skipping across the floor you may scream. Nobody really thinks about the amazing detail they put in to make their wonderful webs. Spider webs remind me of lace. Delicate and detailed. Would you squash a designer for making intricate lace dresses? I don’t think so.
The wonderful fabric that is known to us as lace has been around for centuries yet maintains an elegance that the 21st century can still relate to and have use for. Lace goes as far back as 1600 B.C where vases beside Egyptian coffins had modano (knotted mesh netting) on them. Although this delicate vintage fabric was already centuries old in the 16th century, patterns were only then available (from Flanders & Italy).
Although many may think of lace as an 1980’s fashion statement or perhaps disaster, it wasn’t Madonna’s lace gloves that made the luxurious fabric popular. In past centuries the romantic material was considered fine art, therefore her influences, would have been from former centuries.
While some of you may think of lace as a net you see up at a granny’s window or draped over their dining tables many designers are recreating the vintage look. I’m indulging myself (by fixing my eyes on my laptop) in the Valentino Spring/Summer 2010 collection designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli.
Lace is even making its debut within the beauty industry, many celebrities such as Blake Lively and Jennifer Lopez have been seen sporting lacey nails.
I think lace is delicious and I have a funny feeling that the fabric will be recreated for many more centuries to come.
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