Guipure, especially when used by a fashion designer, is a rather
general term which just means a lace made up of separate elements and
'custom' means it was designed for the client.
From the close-up picture in the link that Jane sent
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7840306.stm
(image no 8) it does look very much like chemical lace, machine
embroidery worked onto a dissolvable fabric which once removed leaves a
holey, lacey fabric. You can't see from the picture what fibre it is
made from, but it could be wool embroidery and lined with silk
The image is actually a little bit bigger than it displays on the BBC
web page, so right click and 'Save As' - or on a mac just click and
drag it to the desktop.
Brenda
On 23 Jan 2009, at 13:29, <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello again! How does "wool lace in silk net", described by the
designer as custom guipure, translate into chemical lace?? Susan in
Grassy Key
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html
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