Slow-craft writing on the materials, the brides, and the quiet weeks at the worktable. Updated as the seasons turn.
The 19th-century Leavers looms in Calais are still running today — and they make the lace we trim every veil with. A short history of the most romantic textile in the world.
Cathedral, chapel, fingertip, birdcage — what each length signals, which dresses they flatter, and how to choose the one that will look right in every photograph.