Catholics in a Polish lace-making village that produces altar cloths and robes for priests - including the Pope - are in uproar after declining demand for their products led women to develop hot selling new product lines including sexy G-strings for international markets.
The Age reports that the radical adaptation of the traditional skills of the women of the southern mountain village of Koniakow has proved a huge success and online sales of items costing over $100 are soaring.
But the Catholic Church and other critics say the new products including tight little tops, pants, bras and G-strings, known as stringi, are bringing shame on a respectable craft.
Malgorzata Stanaszek, who set up Koni-Art underwear and is now supplying Japanese, American and European customers, said: "We weren't selling much lace, so we had to think of something. It wasn't one woman's idea, it was more like a collective idea."
However, Mieczylaw Kamieniarz, who runs the lace museum in Koniakow, says that "all of Koniakow is ashamed".
"We have made Koniakow lace for altar cloths, priests' robes, even the Pope himself. And now people are going to wear Koniakow lace on their bottoms."
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This actually made it into the daily paper in Melbourne. Makes you wonder really...
3 comments:
You have GOT to be kidding me! Please, tell me there is something more news worthy out there...
Bec...
Don't forget where the fault lies: if the modern Church hadn't abandoned lace in their vestments, albs, altar cloths, surplices and other things in favor of polyester, perhaps there would still be a strong market. Not that it justifies the existence of a "G-string" or anything....
Oh,they might have sewn up crosses and catholic signs, and make it as g-strings .... aweful...
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