I made a wedding dress one time and found 40 yr old scalloped Italian lace. It could only be cut in one direction so the scallops were on the bottom at the hem and the sleeves hem. The lace was $40/yd but they had it the in the store for so long they sold it to me at a discount = $20/yd. Still it was very intimidating to cut it...but the gown turned out beautiful.
