Individual flowers were hand-cut from lace and hand-engineered on to ivory silk-tulle to create a design that incorporates the rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock.

FORBES: Kate's Wedding Ensemble and the Royal Faberg�� Collection to Appear at Buckingham Palace Exhibit

The lace was a combination of hand-cut English lace and French Chantilly lace, and the appliques were sewn by hand using a traditional Irish method called Carrickmacross.

FORBES: Kate Middleton Wears McQueen -- And Sleeves!

Influenced by indigenous craft, the embroidery of Venetian courtiers who ruled the country beginning in 1489, and ancient Greek and Byzantine geometric patterns, Lefkara lace is made by hand in designs combining four basic elements: the hemstitch, cut work, satin stitch fillings and needlepoint edgings.

UNESCO: Culture

Her advice--recycle a green khaki jacket from your husband or brother if you can, or search for one in a second-hand shop, and pair the look with lace.

FORBES: Style

Not Lanvin, mind you, but lovely hand-smocked cotton frocks and velvet or taffeta dresses with lace collars.

FORBES: Lanvin Petite: Are Designer Clothes For Children Really That Nefarious?

I'd donned my mother's white eyelet lace gown from the cedar closet downstairs, the gown Gran had hand-embroidered special for her honeymoon.

NPR: Excerpt: 'The Garden Angel'

Not that they haven't thought about this: The cardinals are in "choir dress" during the voting, which has translucent lace sleeves under a short red cape, making sleight-of-hand tricks much harder.

CNN: How secure is the papal election?