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………………..”FRENCH LACE”….is simply the best………It always amazed me the enormous amount of different patterns and treatments these companies could create each and every season……The three different laces in this collage all came from FRANCE….CHRISTY, on the right is wearing a simple ivory lace dress lined in nude……HOWEVER…..it was re-embroidered ALL OVER with tiny pearls and crystals…..Even the spaghetti straps had pearls and crystals embroidered on them…..Christy’s organic pearl earrings were made for the collection…..For the upcoming Christmas season, I was asked by SAKS 5th AVENUE if I would make a “gown” for one of their Christmas windows. It was to be worn by a ballerina mannequin on a revolving music box. She was to be standing on one leg balancing on her toe. …..I made a ballet length dress out of this re-embroidered ivory lace. It had a very large and full skirt with lots of tulle crinolines, a ballet neckline and 3/4 sleeves. She had on ivory satin laced up ballet toe shoes. It just looked magnificent in the window with the lights shining just so on the embroidery….so it twinkled as she turned……I believe they sold this one of a kind dress for $25,000, and it was worth every penny!……………Christy, on the left, is wearing the black lace Bustier with a matching skirt….all lined in nude. Over these two pieces Christy is wearing a buttonless fitted lace unlined duster…..All three pieces had tiny black sequins scattered all over………Yasmeen, below, is wearing a STRETCH LACE BLACK DRESS, again lined in a nude stretch knit….The use of LACE goes back centuries, and of course it was all hand made!…Today, it is just as important as it was so many many years ago!…………These clothes are just as relevant today as they were 32 years ago!!!!