Tutu (clothing)
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A tutu is a dress worn as a costume in a classical ballet performance, often with attached bodice. It may be made of tarlatan, muslin, silk, tulle, gauze, or nylon. Modern tutus have two basic types:
A colourfully decorated classical ballet tutu, on a dress form
Anna Pavlova in Giselle, wearing a romantic tutu
Classical bell tutus in The Dance Class by Edgar Degas, 1874
Dancer wearing a pancake tutu in the Grand Pas de deux from Don Quixote
Barbara Karinska
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Varvara Jmoudsky, better known as Barbara Karinska or simply Karinska, was the Oscar-winning costumier of cinema, ballet, musical and dramatic theatre, lyric opera and ice spectacles. Over her 50-year
Nikolai Karinsky in 1923
Costumes by Barbara Karinska for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo: from left – Coppelia (act 2), Coppelia (act 1), and Giselle (act 2). Displayed at Beit Ariela, Tel Aviv-Yafo.
Barbara Karinska in her London Studio, 1939