During my time as a staff draper at Carnegie Mellon University, I audited the third year costume production graduate students' Advanced Dancewear class.  As the culminating project, we designed and constructed a classical tutu.  I chose th
Here is a closeup of the mock-up of the the tutu.  The thread traced lines indicate the ombre dying that I will impliment in the final garment.
Here is the model in the mock-up.  My pleats were shoveled too deeply and gave the tutu more of a Degas ballerina look than the classical ballerina.
Here is a picture of the knickers with 3 of the layers attached to them.  The tutu was made of a mixture of mostly Balanchine net and a couple layers of tulle near the top.
The first fabric fitting.
Final fitting.
Close-up of the bodice with lace that I needle tatted.
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