Portraits in Lace: Breton Women

Description

Although these headdresses were once worn daily, today they are part of a costume tradition upheld by women throughout Brittany in rites of passage, in Celtic circles, and at summer festivals, keenly attended by young and old Some fifty headdresses are identified and described in a separate reference section, accompanied by specially commissioned illustrations. Freger s exceptional photographs demonstrate Breton culture s wealth of pride, ingenuity, and personal expression. “