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Custom Romantic Tutus
The Romantic Tutu is an integral part of nearly every ballet ever choreographed, especially for Corps de Ballet roles.
It's design and construction is a costuming art-form like few others.
This tutu is typically intended to flow and float, to be very ethereal and often wraith-like in appearance and use.
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Our extra-special specialty is the design and creation of beautiful custom tutus for professional and civic ballet companies and for individuals. Our tutus can be seen in performances all across the United States and all around the world. We have designed for classical and modern ballet, for competition, and for regional, national, and international dancers. The information on this page is intended as a guideline, to help you understand the many options available to you. We know just how confusing it all can be, so please feel free to call or email to discuss your particular project. Even if you are ordering a plain, standard tutu and/or bodice, we may need to talk with you anyway, so please make sure we have plenty of contact information for you. All Custom Item sales are final - no returns, no exceptions.
How to Order details are listed at the bottom of the page.
Basic Undecorated Performance-Quality Romantic Tutus Our Basic Romantic Tutus are hand-made with the same first-quality materials and care we use for our custom-sized, fully-decorated models - these are NOT 'bando', or pull-on, or leotard-based tutus. Our Basic Tutu is ready for decorating for your particular role or performance, or is equally suited, and perfectly priced, for use as a practice tutu. How to Order details are listed at the bottom of the page. Our basic, undecorated, professional-quality Romantic tutus range in price from $110.00 to $350.00, depending on the options you select. You should allow a minimum of 4 weeks for delivery. There are 2 styles of Romantic Tutu available. The 'Classic Romantic' tutu has no basque, and the skirt hangs from the waist. The 'Neo-Romantic' tutu, also called 'Serenade-style', has a short, attached basque, and the skirt hangs from the hip. Note: the Neo-Romantic style is available as an option added to the standard Romantic tutu. All Basic Romantic Tutus are available in several standard sizes and 2 standard colors, and can be customized to suit your particular needs. A Pricing Chart and Sizing Chart are provided below. Further explanations for many of the terms and options are provided below. Our standard Romantic tutu colors are White or Light Pink. Many additional colors and color combinations are available for an additional cost - please see the Fabrics - Nets & Tulles page for non-standard color options. Romantic tutus often have a blending of 2 or more colors in the skirt. Our standard tutu skirts are made with 4 layers of first-quality nylon Tulle. The skirts can be made with more or fewer layers - please call for pricing. Hooks and Eyes are included separately, along with instructions for placement. Storage loops are attached to the skirt. Matching-color trunks, either separate (easily washable) or built-in (integral with the tutu), can be included for additional cost. Our standard bodice is an 8-panel 'Russian' bodice which is attached directly to the tutu skirt at the basque. Standard bodices are made of Bengaline, in White or Light Pink to match the tutu skirt. All our bodices are fully-lined with imported 100% cotton medium-weight Coutil. Standard bodices are boned at the front and side seams using Rigelene poly-boning. Hooks and Eyes are included separately, along with instructions for placement. There are several additional options not listed below - pricing depends on your particular needs.
Please call to discuss.
Yes, we can make Romantic tutus using Silk Tulle. These are much more expensive, since Silk Tulle can cost $75.00 to $100.00 or more per yard - and our Romantic Tutus have a minumum of 12 yards of Tulle. However, no other fabric flows like Silk! Please call to discuss. We offer a wide-range of custom options, from decorated plates and overlays that allow you to use a single tutu for multiple roles, to matching sleeves, arm-puffs, or ruffles, to matching headpieces and custom hand-wired tiaras. Please feel free to call or email us to discuss your particular needs, or simply cruise around the website - we are constantly adding updates and making changes. If none of the standard sizes listed below will work for you, we can build a skirt and/or bodice to your particular measurements, at additional cost.
Please note: All custom-sized costumes will require specific measurements using our measurement form.
See our Womens Measurement Chart page to print or download the required information.
Fully-Decorated Professional-Quality Romantic Tutus Our fully-decorated, performance-ready Romantic tutus range in price from $165.00 (with domestic tulle) to $1600.00 (with silk tulle). The finished price ultimately depends on the complexity of design and sizing, the elaborateness of beading, jewels, and trims, your fabric and materials choices, and the options desired - bodice style, sleeves, plates and overlays, matching headpieces, etc. We can design to your specifications, your choreographer's expectations, the requirements of your role, or completely free-hand.
Please call or email us to discuss your particular needs with our design staff.
See the How to Contact Us page for all the ways to get in touch with us.
Please note: All custom-sized costumes will require specific measurements using our measurement form.
See our Womens Measurement Chart page to print or download the required information.
Further Descriptions of the Terms, Options, Fabric Names, etc. Used Above The 'Classic' Romantic Tutu does not include a basque, so the skirt hangs from the dancer's waist. The Neo-Romantic Tutu includes a short basque, so the skirt hangs from the dancer's hip. 'Russian' Bodices are attached directly to the tutu at the basque, so the entire tutu is essentially one piece. 'Classic' Bodices are not directly attached to the tutu, and appear to 'float' on top of the tutu skirt. A 'Classic' bodice typically (though not always) is pointed at the bottom in the front and back so that it slightly 'lays out' over the tutu skirt. Although not necessary, the bodice can be attached to the tutu skirt at the hip. Coutil is a herringbone-weave 100%-cotton fabric designed specifically for use as a lining for bodices and corsets. Our coutil is very soft, and is the most comfortable and durable lining fabric available in the world today. Coutil is also available in 100%-silk, but must be special-ordered. Rigelene Boning is a polyester material that is readily cut-to-fit and can be easily sewn through. It retains it's stiffness and shape very well, and is lighter-weight than steel spiral boning. Steel-Spiral Boning is considered de-riguer for longevity. The spirals allow for movement while giving excellent support to the dancer's body. Steel boning is custom-fit to each seam, and is inserted into a casing that is sewn into the inside of the bodice. It holds it's stiffness and shape essentially forever. A Nude Center-Inset is a piece of flesh-toned fabric set into the front of the bodice to give the appearance of a 'V'-cut neckline. We use 100%-cotton double-layer imported bobbinette for our insets. A Plate enables you to use a single Romantic tutu for multiple roles. A matching, blending, or contrasting piece of tulle or other fabric, the plate is fully decorated for a particular role or color scheme, and is then tacked to the top layer of the tutu skirt. Because the Romantic skirt is meant to 'flow', care must be taken that the plate not be too heavy or otherwise weight the skirt down. Plates can be easily changed from role to role, or even between acts of the same ballet. An Overlay performs for the tutu bodice the same function a Plate performs for the skirt.
A matching, blending, contrasting, or 'nude' piece of fabric or net, the overlay is fully decorated for a particular role or color scheme, and is then tacked to the outside of the tutu bodice.
Overlays can be easily changed from role to role, or even between acts of the same ballet.
A Nude Inset can easily be added to an Overlay.
How to Order First, please review all the information and options on this page - we highly suggest you print a copy to work from. You may feel free to call or email us if you have any questions or additional concerns. For a Basic Undecorated Romantic Tutu and/or Bodice, in one of our standard sizes and colors, you may place an order:
For all other projects, please contact our design staff to discuss your needs.
See the How to Contact Us page for all the ways to get in touch with us.
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