Definition of "guipure" [gui•pure]

• A coarse large-patterned lace without a net ground. (noun)
• See gimp1. (noun)

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• "At Proenza Schouler, a hot lava stripe ran across a guipure lace T-shirt, and at Alexander McQueen, Sarah Burton crafted a dress covered with feathers painted to resemble monarch butterflies."
• "And at Louis Vuitton, designer Marc Jacobs showed revealing sultan pants and long skirts in black guipure lace coyly woven with the house's initials."
• "Getty Images Marc Jacobs used Swiss-made 'guipure' lace in this dress, which will retail for $4,200 this fall."