07 / LaceShantou · China

Lace is a behaviour, not a trim.

The raw materials decide almost everything. Nylon, polyester, cotton and rayon form the ground; spandex or stretch yarn add the recovery a neckline edge needs. We choose the lace after the garment, never before.

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Craft 07

Lace development · ShantouKKVVSS

5 familiesChemical to embroidery

4 fibresNylon, poly, cotton, rayon

StretchSpandex option

Trim & panelCut to your pattern

Lace families

Each family below carries its own edge behaviour and care rules — the notes are the ones we give buyers when a style moves from sample to bulk.

Five grounds, five different hands.

01

01 / Soft relief

Chemical / water-soluble lace

A soluble ground is dissolved away after stitching, leaving a soft, slightly elastic lace with shine, depth and a wide range of motifs.

Good: soft, dimensionalWatch: cost, heat

02

02 / Volume play

Chemical fibre lace

The workhorse for volume: inexpensive, wide pattern choice, many colours and resistant to breaking — but firmer against the skin.

Good: price, colour rangeWatch: not soft

03

03 / Everyday

Cotton lace

Cheap, strong and happy under a hot iron, with a comfortable hand. The trade-off is a narrower style range, mostly white.

Good: ironable, comfortableWatch: creases, colour

04

04 / Structure

Cotton thread lace

A cotton-thread ground that resists creasing well and keeps its shape through washing, at a slightly higher cost and heavier weight.

Good: shape retentionWatch: thick, price

05

05 / Modern

Embroidery lace

Embroidered directly onto a fine mesh — soft, crease-resistant, foldable and elastic, with fewer shapes and a lower heat tolerance.

Good: soft, foldableWatch: fewer shapes

Application

A lace edge fails at the seam long before it fails in the wash. We cut, line and finish to the panel it sits on, then test the join on the actual fabric.

Matching lace to the panel.

A lace edge fails at the seam long before it fails in the wash. We cut, line and finish to the panel it sits on, then test the join on the actual fabric.

Neckline & placketUse a firm ground with a clean scallop so the edge holds without tape.

Sleeve & hemSofter grounds drape better; allow 1 cm of give when the lace meets jersey.

All-over overlayChemical lace over a plain ground keeps weight down on robe bodies.

Care labellingHeat is the deciding factor — note the iron limit on the care label, not just the composition.

Bring us the ground fabric first: lace is chosen against it, not in isolation.

Next step

Start from a swatch, not a catalogue.

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Send your ground fabric and the edge you have in mind. We will propose two or three lace families with cost, hand-feel notes and a sampling window.

Sampling · Bulk · Trims