I had in mind that it's still easy to buy French lace and brandy on this side of the Channel, sir, providing you know who to ask for it.

Bedhead: French lace 152 cm high three-panel screen,(two are shown here with the centre panels overlapping)

With her Christos gowns, Aberra seeks to create a more romantic feeling dress - using French laces and silk organza.

'I've always been on the side of the smugglers-I like to think of the ladies getting their French lace and the squire his brandy!'

Removing one in front of a lover conjures cooking with Paula Deen, not the romance of French lace.

As a bride walking down the aisle to Josh, so outrageously lovely in miles of white satin and French lace.

It is made to measure exclusive clothes with the usage of the finest quality materials such as French laces and silk-chiffons.

Racks are hung with French and Scottish lace.

A delicate necklace of gold-edged pearls and opals circled her throat, sheer lawn and deep French lace lay across her shoulders.

A stunning bridal gown, French lace from head to long, long train, hung on the wooden torso in Geneva's bedroom.