Tutus

A tutu is a symbol of a ballerina just like Pointe shoes.
        The first kind of tutu is the bell shaped skirt in various sizes and shapes, which timeframe was from the seventeenth century to 1832. Until 1832, ballet dance steps were simple, bu when they started to get more complicated the tutus got shorter to reveal the intricate foot work. Then came the classical tutu, which was a projection shirt attached to ruffed underpants. This freed and exposed the whole leg, while concealing, for modesty, the ballerinas bottom. A piece was placed in the tutu to separate the waistband from the skirt,called a yoke, which helped the ballerina look taller by showing their waist and hips.
        A Classical tutu is traditionaly made with seven ruffled layers of either soft mesh or a very stiff net. The soft mesh makes the tutu look gentle, and the stiff net makes the tutu stick straight out. The seamstresses sews the longest mesh on top and workes her way down to the shortest. The top of the tutu, which is the longest, is called the tutu plate. The tutus decorations are sewn on there.
    While tutus are beautiful, they usually take 40 hours to make.
                 Bell-shaped Tutu

 Soft mesh tutu
 Very stiff net Tutu