`IN THE LAST 10 years I`ve seen a renewed interest in old handmade lace,” said Julie Collier, head of the textile department at Christie`s East in New York. ”Now there`s more interest in the late 19th ...

I first spotted actress Arielle Dombasle perusing the titles in the Classics/Literature section of the Doubleday bookstore in Beverly Hills, minutes before I was scheduled to interview her. So what’s ...

Sure, there was lace before Madonna, just as there were bras, bellybuttons and tackiness. But the sexy entertainer did rescue lace from its little-girl world, where it was generally used on clothes ...