Lace

Secrets, ambition and glamour—three women, one unforgettable secret.

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Synopsis

Lace (1984) is a televised adaptation of Shirley Conran’s bestselling novel that follows the intertwined lives of three glamorous, ambitious women from their turbulent childhoods into adulthood. The miniseries charts how loyalty, rivalry and long-buried secrets shape their careers, friendships and romantic entanglements. As the women navigate the high stakes world of fashion, society and family, a single mystery from their past threatens to upend everything they have built. Lavish in production and melodramatic in tone, Lace combines period flashbacks, elegant settings and emotional confrontations to explore ambition, motherhood and the cost of reinvention. Bess Armstrong is featured among the principal cast, and the story unfolds as an evocative, sometimes sensational portrait of female friendship and the consequences of choices kept hidden for years.

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Reviews

Lace earned mixed reactions from critics and viewers on its 1984 broadcast and in years since. Audiences tended to find the miniseries a guilty pleasure — entertaining, glossy and rich in melodrama — while many critics judged its plotting and dialogue to be overblown. On IMDb the miniseries holds a rating of 7.0/10, reflecting generally favorable user sentiment for its performances and spectacle. Contemporary press responses praised the production values and the cast’s commitment to big, theatrical scenes; reviewers noted that the miniseries delivered exactly the heightened emotional payoff its audience expected. At the same time, reviewers who were less enthusiastic criticized Lace for excess: long, elaborately staged confrontations, some implausible twists, and a tone that favored sensationalism over subtlety. Aggregators show limited modern critical aggregation for the title: Rotten Tomatoes does not present a Tomatometer consensus for the 1984 miniseries, and Metacritic does not list an aggregate critic score, reflecting the uneven archival coverage of older television events. Summarizing the critical arc: fans and many viewers call Lace “soapy but addictive,” applauding the glamour and dramatic moments, while detractors describe it as “over-the-top melodrama” that stretches credibility. Overall, the miniseries is often recommended to viewers who enjoy 1980s-era soap-style television and adaptations that prioritize emotional spectacle and star turns over restrained realism.