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Tulle
Tulle acquired its name in the 1700s for the French city of Tulle where the loose-knit fabric was formed in the pattern of a honeycomb. In 1807, John Heathcoat invented the machine that mimics the motions of the weavers to create bobbinet, the sturdy tulle that is still in use today.
Queen Victoria launched the popularity of tulle when she chose it as the fabric for her wedding gown in 1840. From wedding gowns to the ballet, tulle was then used to create the filmy, starched skirts that highlighted the graceful movements of the ballerinas.
By the early 1900s, tulle was considered a most fashionable fabric for evening gowns, and was frequently used to create frothy, whimsically hats. It underwent resurgence in the 1950s as the fabric of choice for the stiff petticoats that gave poodle skirts their signature swing.
Silk, cotton, wool, or rayon, tulle is the stuff that little girls’ dreams are made of. Tulle transforms a plain poster bed into a gauzy, canopied dreamland. Tulle is the fabric of prima ballerinas. It is the signature cloth of fairies and Glenda the Good Witch from the
Wizard of Oz. Tulle is the fabric of princesses – think of Cinderella’s beautiful, ell shaped ball gown floating along the dance floor as she waltzed in the arms of her Prince Charming.
And what woman does not want to re-capture the magic of Cinderella and Prince Charming on her own wedding day as she dances the night away with her new husband. | .jpg)
