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Koniakow, Poland – 16 August 2025
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1. Various of fashion show, crochet lace swimwear by "Dalia"
2.SOUNDBITE (Polish) Lucyna Ligocka-Kohut, President of the Koniakow Lace Foundation:
"In this tiny village in the Beskid Mountains, Koniakow, highland women create unique patterns from their imagination, compositions of thin threads, flowers, and stars. They are surrounded by beautiful nature, so it inspires their motifs. We have no templates, no patterns. We create everything from our imagination, and that’s why fashion houses want to work with us, because every design, every napkin, every new dress is something new for us."
3. Fashion models in lace wedding dresses
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4. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Lucyna Ligocka-Kohut, President of the Koniakow Lace Foundation:
"In terms of designer collaborations, these include Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Magda Butrym, Rei Kawakubo, and Comme des Garcons. Koniaków lace has already appeared twice at Paris Fashion Week in 2018, specifically with a wedding tailcoat by Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo, and this year, Magda Butrym. Lace has graced the cover of Vogue."
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5. Various of fashion show
6. Close of lace being exhibited
7. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Wieslawa Juroszek, lace maker:
"I’ve been making lace since childhood, around the age of six, so almost my entire life. I’m from Koniaków, and in Koniaków almost all the women do "hekla"- crochet, or as we call it, hekla. And for us it’s a passion, for us it’s our whole life."
8. Various of Juroszek crocheting next to the record-breaking lace
9. Close of the symbol of the Polish eagles at the centre of the giant lace
9.SOUNDBITE (Polish) Wieslawa Juroszek, lace maker:
"The tradition dates back a long time. There was a woman who learned to crochet somewhere. There were these ribbons, and older women wore ribbons, we call them bonnets, and wore scarves tied under their chins. It was a decorative element; when a woman was married, she had her own. And later, women started making them as table decorations, like napkins, and the shape became round. And the women sold them, which was a way to earn money."
10. Various of women learning to crochet lace
11. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Wieslawa Juroszek, lace maker:
"It’s a bit more of a problem with the men; they’re cheering us on. Well, gentlemen, I think there’s one or two men who can crochet, but not really. It’s a woman’s job."
12. Ewa Lesiewicz tries on a lace top
13. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Ewa Lesiewicz
"I already have a lace blouse, a lace bra, a set with panties, and I really like them. And I also want a set like this: a blouse and a skirt."
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Koniakow, Poland – 17 August 2025
14. Various of group of lace makers working outdoors on a hillside
STORYLINE:
LEADIN:
A village of Polish women have taken their traditional lace crocheting from bonnets to lingerie.
Polish lace started off as a small cottage industry to make housekeeping money for women in a mountain village, but now it’s sought after by the world’s top designers.
STORYLINE:
A fashion show in the small mountain village of Koniakow, high in Poland’s Beskid Mountains.
The models swimwear is all made of lace crocheted by the women in this village.
The lace has been made here for over 100 years.
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