Lace for Fashion Award exhibition

'Grid' Dress

maker: Elly Joel

“The fabric is made of hand-torn squares of shapewell interfacing, with a smaller square cut from the middle of each. The squares are joined by a grid of machine-stitched lines to form a reconstructed fabric to be used on the bias. The dress is a one-off piece, cut from this fabric. Although delicate-looking, the fabric is quite strong and can be gently hand-washed and ironed.”

Cotton interfacing and thread

overall winner
category 1 — worldwide professional or amateur

Grid Dress