Antiques & Collectibles: Clothing collectors fancy old lace collars - pressofAtlanticCity.com
"Elaborate collars such as your ancestor's, fashionable during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, were designed to showcase swan-like necks, considered a desirable feminine attribute at the time. When demand for lace dropped significantly as tailored garments and flapper fashions moved center stage in the 1920s, antique lace collars were considered fussy and outdated."
Darn those flappers!
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