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tutu

[too-too, ty-ty] / ˈtu tu, tüˈtü /


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There is also a costume inspired by crinoline, the stiff or structured petticoat designed to hold out a skirt or tutu, but whimsically reimagined using neoprene.

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

"And then," she told The Breakfast Club, "I went to school in a tutu and I started doing music."

From BBC Jun. 27, 2025

The hat might have offended some, but otherwise, it’s a silly delight on par with the second season’s pigeon purse and that impractical tutu that defines “Sex and the City.”

From Salon Jun. 7, 2025

While she was recovering from treatment, Ruble made her a tutu with miniature get-well notes attached to it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2024

She already has her ballet outfit on—a pink leotard, pink tights, and a pink tutu.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

The choreographer asked her costume designer, Robert Perdziola, to dress her dancers in a variety of looks, with flouncy tutus for the women in her first movement and limp, longer skirts in the others.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Blessedly, these ballerinas didn’t learn their skills in prison or the foster system, and their tutus are not fodder for a satanic pyre.

From Salon Mar. 29, 2026

His charming, whimsical collection featured ruffled tutus, sculptured soft knits, peplum jackets, skirts with bustles and plenty of shearling fabric.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2026

Then you go in, and there’s a lot of other little kids, and you’re all wearing tutus — that’s how they get you.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2025

Stage makeup made their eyes look enormous, and their long, knobbly-kneed legs disappeared into wide feathered tutus that bounced comically when they moved.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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