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Poetry in Motion
If you are in NYC over the next couple of months, be sure to stop in to the Met., and view the current costume exhibit on Charles James……Divine!
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Masquerade
The allure of a lace mask is so mysterious and sensualespecially in black! Happy Halloween
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Masculinity
While reading about the various progressions of lace making, I realized that a profound change came when the making of lace was no longer just a pleasant ladies’ pastime, but had suddenly become the backbone of huge commercial undertakings. Guess who was behind this development! It also evolved into a time where the men wore much more expensive, spectacular collars and cuffs than the women. Masculine elegance meant that there was lace everywhere! If we look at old portraits,…
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Steampunk it!
I first came upon the steampunk aesthetic when one of our friends had his iPhone steampunked in 2008. I was immediately smitten with the idea of combining the past and the future, where Steam/Industrial Science meets romance/Marie Antoinette (more coming on her….next blog!)…the juxtaposition of goggles and pearls, leather and lace, all meeting in smoky 19th century London, where Victorian English aristocrat meets the wench in corsets and bustles. Steampunk has oozed into all cultural areas. Music, film (remember Wild…
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Ruffled Queen
As I am the queen of lace in my tiny kingdom, the word ‘laceophile’ suits me. To other laceophiles out there who might be reading this blog, you’ll love the article by Rosie Swash and Imogen Fox that appeared in the Guardian on 19th of October (see link below). Image #10 of the slideshow is particularly appropriate to me at the moment … madly swathing ghosts on my castle grounds in tattered lace as halloween celebrations loom.
