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Where Magic
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 Julie 
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 Guy-Paul
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My first encounter
with Barbie came as a real surprise. During the early 1960's my father
was working in Michigan USA, one morning back the UK a parcel arrived
addressed to me, to receive a parcel when you are a child is exciting
but when you know it has travelled so far....well I'm sure you can imagine...
There she was my very first Barbie, by then many children were already proud owners but to me I felt I was the only girl in the world to own one! As I grew older my interest changed from planning Barbie's life to that of dressmaker to the perfect model. So started the path to the rest of my life. Early attempts at fashioning an entire wardrobe varied from, well lets say ok to the WOW that turned out much better than I hoped, it's amazing how pleased you can be with something although others may dismiss it! Since a child I have always loved just to mess around with fabrics. Now I use huge amounts of beautiful materials and trimmings but I can always manage to hang on to some spare bits just in case one of my girls needs another outfit. I hope you enjoy your visit to this site and maybe it will somehow remind you of your first Barbie and the impact she may have had on your life. Julie |
As far as
my memory goes I have always been interested in Barbie dolls. My first
was probably the Blond "Dramatic New Living". My older sister
had a brunette Bubblecut (I remember she was dressed as a Ballerina)
but I thought she looked nasty. I have met
Julie in 2003 while I was touring with a british musical. She had
made the most adorable doll after the character I was playing for
her daughter. |