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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

The one truth about managing Celtic, or any other team with high demands, is that, if you are a winning manager, you can turn up in a tutu.

From BBC Dec. 12, 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

On the night table a ballerina held aloft a lamp shade, and a soft pink light bathed her porcelain tutu, accentuating the curves of her strong legs.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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

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

On the second floor, plaster children practice at the barre, dancers rest, bow and stretch alongside floor-to-ceiling columns composed of pink tutus and piles of “dead” toe shoes.

From New York Times Nov. 17, 2023

It looks remotely like a dance studio, only instead of tutus there are miscellaneous fake body parts here and there, and the only “dancers” are Hank and my mother.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen




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