When Mary Salmon of Northville looks at a piece of vintage handmade lace, she sees much more than carefully crafted, delicately beautiful geometric patterns spun from threads. What she sees, instead, ...
One of Nottinghamshire's most distinctive crafts is at risk of dying out if new people are not trained, enthusiasts say. Bobbin lace-making is a centuries-old hand technique that evolved into machine ...
Only few people know the thrill of seeing their artwork on a U.S. postage stamp. Trenna Ruffner, a bobbin lace maker who lives in Grosse Pointe Park, happens to be among that relatively small number ...
Originally developed for aristocracy, the fabric has evolved over centuries to become widely available. But not all lace is equal.
The laces made in Belgium during World War I are an important part of the lace holdings of the Division of Home and Community Life’s Textile Collection in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American ...
Our fashion editor rounds up the latest style news and fashion trends ‘Brianna’ luxury boned corset made with antique Clones lace from Olwen Bourke. Picture: Martina McNulty 'Gabriella' top and ...
When the Brooklyn Lace Guild received an email from Columbia Law School over the summer of 2018, Elena Kanagy-Loux was intrigued, if not surprised. She couldn’t imagine what a law school would ...
Fashion never exists in a vacuum. The industry routinely borrows from art, literature, architecture, sports, film, and basically every other field you can imagine. Wes Gordon, for one, is no stranger ...