MOMU - P.LACE.S - Looking Through Flemish Lace

With 'P.LACE.S - Looking Through Flemish Lace', MoMu - Fashion Museum Antwerp highlights the socio-economic and artistic importance of the lace that was long created and traded in Antwerp. By bringing together and contextualizing historical lace, paintings and archival documents form European and American collections, this book and the corresponding exhibition reveal how, for centuries, Flemish lace was a prominent presence in fashion, interior design and religion.
MoMu, moreover, presents this rich history in an exciting dialogue with contemporary, often high-tech fashion creations that specifically refer to lace in form or concept.