While the optical lace does not have as much sensitivity as a human fingertip, which is jam-packed with nerve receptors, the material is more sensitive to touch than the human back.

Madonna wore lace to the oscars — taking a fabric that should be elegant, and wearing it in a style reminiscent of a goth. Not only that, her bottom was on display.

Kate Middleton got props for wearing Carrickmacross English lace on her McQueen sleeves when she walked through Westminster Abbey in April. But the delicate fabric — once reserved for big-day ...

Lace is like trapped air—the clouds in a textile. With it, a human can don the garb of a god, and float weightlessly in a material that carries countless hours of effort.

P.LACE.S is on view at the museum and at four sites connected to the history of lace in Antwerp.Presentations at the Plantin-Moretus Museum, which holds one of the oldest archives in the world on ...