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The tutu is with no doubt the most poetic costume, the immediate view people have when talking about ballet. The tutu makes a magic circle aroubd the Ballerina.
Tutu appears long time after muslin underskirts worn by Paris Ballet Opera's dancers in 1832. It is a stage costume specifficaly made for romantics and classical choreographies. It does emphasizes the Ballerina's body.
Little girls dream about it, Ballerinas wer it, Witness love it, dressmakers dream it.
This all to show that a tutu is at the same time made of happiness, beauty, rigour, elegance and pleasure. A synonim to ... Dream
However Contemporary dance prefers using tights, the dancer's second skin. Tutu, much less used on stage, appears as streetwear. Not only dancers wear tutus. Young people do, in the street, as fashion garments.
It's been white for many years, then became trendy when getting coloured and fashion.
Tutu's history is closely dependent on the fabric making, in particular the appearance of nylon ; silk tulle used until then was way too fragile.
While ballet technic is confirming, dancer shorten their dresses.
Fabrics become more flexible, lighter and let fluid forms appear. But, after several 'accidents', dues to too much dressing freedom for dancers (well, too short dress, if you see what I mean), Ballet masters decide pants must be worn under dresses.
But fashion comes from the street and impose the nearly naked. Not for long, because soon ballerinas are called to order and required to lengthen their legs to the ankles.
In 1832, Satin Ballet shoe appears. This new style brought transparency and the white becomes the only adapted to Ballet. From this time, woman fashion is made of muslim dresses, cut wasp, corolla dresses, stoles and gauze hack. This fashion does not last in streets, but becomes the standard on stage and impose white et palor in the ballet world. But, let's come back to the Tutu. It does appear at the end of 19th century. At this time, a ballet dancer is still dressed with tulle undrskirts. Those underskirts are now used for lessons and repetitions, tutus are used only for shows. 1840, Ballet costumes is made of a white muslin dress (or a black satin one), a corset, white silk bottoms and knees length pants. The dancer buy and own their costume. Their costume features a tail line frontly tied with a straw ribbon ; then bust is enclosed in an adjusted corset. Next, pant and bottoms. It is now turn for the blouse and underskirt. A girdle is the "touche finale" to this costume. Stage costumes are kindly the same, but much smooth.
This gridle encloses the hips and keeps it smooth and elegant. The making of those costumes is entirely on the dancer's duty. This tradition keeps until the 1850's. This become more and more difficult, every evening dancers put in plaice their underskirt with pins. This does take much time. Through the years, line is replaced by Bra Holder and panties. Then pant and corset also disappear. With long time, tunic are prefered to underskirts. Those successive abandonment are mainly due to the freedom of the body, work technic, fashion and, also, economical measures and ease of use.
After World War II, raw materials are missing, costumes and shoes are with poor quality. Fabric is missing, fashion makes the tutus become shorter. From 1930 to 1958, shirt and tights are used for training and shows. Black Leotard and tights are worn for lessons, rarely flesh colour is used. Off Course, Many other colours will become standard in leotards, tights, warmers, ... from the 1960's
The Tutu, Stage Costume, evolves with the fashion. From The long tutu (until the ankle) to the half-long one (just below the knee), tutu becomes more and more short, to show the legs and emphasize the silhouette. New materials are also responsible of the tutu's evolution. Tarlatan disappear and is replaced with cotton, silk is only used for the underskirt. Cotton is much easier to wash than tarlatan. Because one must admin that keeping a clean tutu has been a challenge for many generations of ballerinas ; A tutu is so much expensive, it can not be replaced. Nylon, who appeared just before WWII, was very long to be used in balle costumes.
In the 1960's, short tutu are "Ã la mode". This fashion evolves with travels of the dancers, people they meet. Costumes Makers are rare personn, this job is very difficult. Tutu Making art disappear slowly . . .
