Dear Claire The Financial Times is of course just giving the terms the fashion industry in the UK uses, and as you point out, it is interesting that the names tend to be foreign. I think this is typical though of fashion and luxuries - people like to think of them as imported from somewhere appropriate, and despise locally made goods. Think of 18th century "Bath Brussels" - almost certainly made in East Devon... English dressmakers becoming couturiers with names to suit... Louis XIV's and Colbert's campaign to get the French aristocracy to buy locally made luxuries (not just lace - tapestries and porcelain). Indeed, the English also forbad the import of foreign lace in that period, which made it all the more desirable. Doesn't help historical research of course, if we take the place-names seriously. I'm sure it's the same everywhere - would our US fellows expect a shop to do better labelling a designer outfit as made in Texas, with Paris in very small print, or the other way round! [email protected] If following the link to the arrticle, please note I haven't managed to blue it all, so may need cut and paste not click. Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:23:11 +0000 From: Claire Allen <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [lace] Lace in contemporary fashion
I think I shall have to pay that exhibition a visit. Shame they didn't mention any English laces in the bit at the bottom, bearing in mind it was a piece for an English paper. Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. > http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1b3218fe-8717-11e2-bde6-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2NvNh cA53 - - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ ------------------------------ End of lace-digest V2012 #202 ***************************** - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
