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Time Traveling with TWA!

August 11, 2023 By Julia 7 Comments

Here’s a blast from my childhood when we used to fly through Kennedy Airport NYC in the 1960’s & 70’s… The restored TWA terminal + hotel is like stepping back in time – in space, light, clothing, the click-click sound of the flight boards, a huge central clock, the beauty of the airplanes…awe, wonder, the […]

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The Bobbinet Blog, or “Tulle Tales”

April 30, 2018 By Julia 1 Comment

By Julia Brennan and Kaitlyn Munro Recently I met my lovely friend Claire Chen, who was wearing a gossamer tulle skirt, which fluttered around her like a butterfly. It was enchanting, so was she, and my curiosity about tulle was stirred. I started noticing the tulle explosion everywhere …… in the fashion magazines Chanel, Dior, Mango, […]

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