Excited girlie wearing fine English lacework (8)
I believe the answer is:
filigree
'lacework' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'excited girlie wearing fine english' is the wordplay.
'excited' indicates anagramming the letters.
'wearing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'girlie' is an anagram of 'iligre'.
'f'+'e'='fe'
'iligre' inserted inside 'fe' is 'FILIGREE'.
(Other definitions for filigree that I've seen before include "Ornamental lace-like work in metal" , "Delicate ornamental metal work in gold or silver" , "Ornamental lacework in gold or other metal" , "Ornamental work using fine wire" , "Delicate tracery" .)