Malgorzata Stanaszek holds up a hand-stitched lace thong in the village of Istebna, near Koniakow, Poland, March 2, 2007. Koniakow lace long graced church altars, but the lace tradition was dying out until Stanaszek’s company turned to making thongs and bras, reviving the sagging cottage industry. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)