---
title: "Lamé"
description: "Lamé is a woven or knitted fabric with metallic threads, usually in the weft, giving a glittering surface."
type: Glossary
url: https://teazle.art/glossary/lame
published: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-14
author: "The Teazle editors"
---

# Lamé

*Lamé is a woven or knitted fabric with metallic threads, usually in the weft, giving a glittering surface.*

Lamé carries flat or wrapped metallic yarns, gold or silver in colour, through the cloth so that the surface glitters. The name comes from the French *lame*, a thin metal blade or strip.

## Where is it used?

Evening wear, stage costume and accessories. Historic lamés used real metal strip; modern versions use metallised film, which is lighter and does not tarnish.


## Sources

1. [Lamé (AAT 300249446)](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300249446). Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
2. [Lamé (Q1801748)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1801748). Wikidata

Canonical: https://teazle.art/glossary/lame