I found the designer - Carolina Herrera, (in the "pre-fall 2011" collection) and have found several articles describing this as "chantecaille lace".
I've never heard of chantecaille lace, and cannot find a definition for the word chantecaille in either French or English online dictionaries. Has anybody heard of it? Adele > Hmmmm.....I was thinking it looked like gold embroidery (Schiffli??) > appliqued onto the black or worked directly on the black sheer. Notice the > little wisps of gold thread at the top of the gold where it begins just below > the sheer top part of the bodice. Also, the gold motifs at the bottom of the > skirt are shaped as they would be if they were lace or cut away embroidery. > There also appears to be a bit of thickness to be seen at the bottom > suggesting heavy embroidery? > > Vicki in Maryland > > > I think that gown is lovely, too. But I think it's a printed fabric. If you > zoom in and look down at the sides of the dress where the dress hits the > floor, you can see that there is a sheer black fabric overlay, and the "lace" > is on that. I think it's printed in gold on a black organza fabric. Another > reason I think it is printed is that there doesn't seem to be any net > background holding the motifs in place. Even if the net were very fine, when > you zoom in I think it would still show as a colour change in the black, but > there isn't anything like that happening here. > > Adele > >> My absolute favorite was the gown worn by January Jones! AND... I > think that gown could be made to be flattering on women of *any* size (or > age)! I found it impossible to tell whether this was really "lace" or a good > printed fabric that looked like lace.... but in nearly all of the others, > the lace was clearly machine-made. No big surprise there. And I agree with > you, Jean... a lot of those gowns were just plain ugly, and more appropriate > in the boudoir. The women who wore them must be desperate for attention. >> >> Clay - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
