And THIS is why lace was a worn primarily by royalty and aristocracy for so many centuries.. It was expensive and time-consuming to produce. Wearing it, and wearing LOTS of it was a blatant show of wealth and excessive consumption.
Mechanically-produced lace wasn’t really a thing until well into the 20th century, but there remains a wide gap between the quality of mass-produced and hand crafted
In general textile arts are highly underated considering the amount of skill and time needed to execute pretty much anything.
“Many of the artists in the database were self-taught, barred from seeking formal training or studying anatomy on account of their gender. They could not hope to make a living from their talents when women were forbidden from issuing invoices.”
Speaking of things I drew a while ago but didn’t get scanned and posted to the internet, I give you Aman Dance Party, part 1. I think the colors on this one came out particularly well, though some of the detail in the linework was lost in the coloring, so I’m very pleased with myself overall.
A headcanon you will pry from my cold dead fingers is that Feanor has the very annoying habit of 1. almost never bothering to dress appropriately for any given occasion while 2. always managing to look fabulous. So here we have Feanor who threw a nice shirt on over the shit he was already wearing, which is why his boots ten million percent clash with the rest of his outfit. That was intentional. Neardanel, on the other hand, does dress for fancy parties, but I am also firmly of the opinion that elves have the concept of fancy dress pants.
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