I rather disagree with Rochelle and Patty on the handmade suggestion. The entire backside needs to cling, which suggests to me a certain amount of lycra. I'm betting it's a machine lace with fine lycra worked in. The neck is actually gathered in the center of the back - forcing a shape that the lace is not taking naturally.
Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: Rochelle Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 2/8/2006 3:48:17 AM > Subject: RE: [lace] lace in fashion > > Wow, there's a design feature I hadn't considered. I'm > not sure it's flattering even on the best figure. > > I think from the tiny pic I saw on the website that > Patty could be right. > > --- Patricia Dowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Spiders, > > > > Yeah, I have seen the cover. It looks to be some > > kind of needle lace > > concoction. There may be tapes, a la Battenberg, > > but it is relatively > > coarse. It does, however seem to be handmade. > > > > Patty > > > > ... to wear to the banquet at the next lace event?! > > On the cover of the February 'Marie Claire' - a > > beautiful young woman > > wears a lace-backed dress (note, some interpretation > > on the term > > 'back'). I saw it in passing at the grocery > > checkout, then went to the > > marieclaire-dot-com site - go to current issue to > > see a small picture > > of the cover. Something then went haywire with my > > browser and it > > shutdown - must have been the 'back' - but, my, what > > an interesting > > way to use lace as part of a garment. > > If someone else has seen the magazine cover, perhaps > > they could > > comment on the style of lace? > > -- > > bye for now > > Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of > > Canada) > > Cdn. floral bobbins > > www.woodhavenbobbins.com > > > > - > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write > > to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --- > Rochelle Sutherland > & > Lachlan (7 yrs), Duncan (6 yrs) and Iain (5 yrs) > > www.houseofhadrian.com.au > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Personals: It's free to check out our great singles! > http://au.personals.yahoo.com > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
