Lately my thoughts upon lace have been changing, evolving if you like. I have never been a fan of lace until lately. In fact I used to hate the stuff. However the more I think about it, and the more I see others use it to emphasize their fashion, the more I begin to understand that lace is rather an art in fashion.
I suppose that you already notice that lace give an outfit that time piece feel about it however, looking at the overall picture it can be used to have many desired effects.
The most known "stereotype" would I suppose, would often be on little dresses, sometimes floral, and occasionally, sewn over the first layer of fabric. This often seems to give you a sweet, girly type of nature, and you probably see this on quite a few "girly girls".
However, lace is quite a common garment amongst more "Gothic" cultures. Not so much in the "cyber" thread of the culture, although very common amongst Victorian (and others) lace often makes the person wearing it look more sophisticated (back in those days lace wouldn't have been something everyone had in their wardrobe).
although it is one thing i have not yet seen, i think that folk fashions and lace could work well if thought through properly and if the lace factor was balanced out well.
Lace gives sophistication, when used in any way really although it does look very cute on little girls.
What makes a good quality lace?
A good quality lace probably wont be found in a $2. store (sorry to dishearten you, although it doesn’t have to be expensive) you can pick out better quality lace as it is often (not always) much thicker, you wont be able to pick out individual threads from far back and it certainly wont look anything like a net. When it comes to density, all lines of the pattern will often be very curvy and flowing rather that looking very sharp and edgy (this of course depends on the lace itself)
Anyway, while lace can be hard to pull of without looking tacky (usually when overdone or cheap quality) it can also be very fun to experiment with and may add a very defining edge to the way you dress.
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