threadwork

Catherine is wearing a Jess Collett and Alexander McQueen headpiece made of silver bullion, crystal and silver threadwork.

I won’t pretend that I was thinking all of that, at least not consciously, on the night I found myself scrutinizing the threadwork of masks.

Depicting all that gore using jacquard threadwork was not easy, said project chief embroiderer Valerie Wilson.

The Shimmer dress from New York-based Luba by Hannah Payne is a youthful take on tweed; this beige zipper-front wool dress is scantily shot with golden threadwork for a bit of textural interest.

But it was Naeem Khan’s final runway look — a Spanish-inspired embroidered ball gown with an embroidered veil and crown-like gold floral headpiece that was fashion week’s ne plus ultra of exquisitely intricate threadwork.