The TuTu Skirt?

My DGD must be ahead of the trend.

I remember many years ago we all went to a NT property to make Christmas decorations. It was very cold and she was wearing thick jumper, coat, tights, boots and a pink tulle ballet tutu. 😃

She would have been about six at the time.

Marydoll

Now we need appropriate shoes to go with them.

I think if you wear them in the daytime, they look good with trainers. My daughter has one similar to this, which she wears with big sloppy jumpers and trainers or boots.

Sorry, I just need to share the prototype pièce de résistance! It's Margot Fonteyn, in rehearsal for Giselle.

GrannyGravy13

AreWeThereYet

Love the long ones, not the short, puffy ones. I wear mine with a vest, trainers and denim jacket in the Summer. Much cooler than jeans or shorts.

You are definitely a stylish lady 👍

Thank you. You wouldn't say that if you could see me lounging in my gilet covered in blue paint from decorating and my old baggy jeans

AreWeThereYet

Love the long ones, not the short, puffy ones. I wear mine with a vest, trainers and denim jacket in the Summer. Much cooler than jeans or shorts.

You are definitely a stylish lady 👍

Love the long ones, not the short, puffy ones. I wear mine with a vest, trainers and denim jacket in the Summer. Much cooler than jeans or shorts.

I love that look and had similar skirts, way back when. Not sure about today, though!

Gosh I must be well out of order I think they re all awful I wouldn’t be seen dead in any of them even if I was young I wouldn’t want to have one

Joseann

^just need to know where to look^
This thread is bad, very bad. It has set me off in search of a skirt. I've found a couple, one is actually Royal Academy, so I could tell DH I'm splashing out for my hobby!

Oh dear I love both of them 😱££££

I have a long cream one bought years ago for a wedding. I'm a week off 75, not as slim as I used to be & I still wear it..... not for the school run though.

I don't look good in the long/not very puffy ones but I still have two, they are so comfy and oh well, I may as well live a little while I can!!

They are quite popular amongst the school run locally!

Marydoll

Now we need appropriate shoes to go with them.

Now therein lies the problem!

I think they look lovely

I would wear one if I was going somewhere that merited dressing up, unlikely in the near future. I do like that one Visgirl

NotSpaghetti

Thought I'd just put a couple of photos here - this is the kind of thing I'm talking about.

I think they are lovely. I like the 3rd one and yes I would wear it.

Someone ought to buy the black one in NotSpaghetti's pictures.

Now we need appropriate shoes to go with them.

Oooh. joseann
Yes.. it's a bad, bad, bad thread!
You 😈

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just need to know where to look
This thread is bad, very bad. It has set me off in search of a skirt. I've found a couple, one is actually Royal Academy, so I could tell DH I'm splashing out for my hobby!

Callistemon I also had a wired hem one years ago... 😍
In the days of cocktails and evening wear!

Yes some of these most certainly are a bit "bunchy" at the waist but I had an off the shoulder 2 piece once where the floaty skirt was on a basque and that was fabulous. Theh ard probably out there - just need to know where to look!

NotSpaghetti

I think there are quite a few catwalks coming back to this look Joseann - I also love the look to be honest.

Here are some tuile skirts on larger ladies:

I had a dress very similar to that, many sizes ago. I absolutely loved it and got so many compliments.
It cost me £10 in a sale!!!

NotSpaghetti

I think there are quite a few catwalks coming back to this look Joseann - I also love the look to be honest.

Here are some tuile skirts on larger ladies:

I love that last one!
She looks fabulous.

NotSpaghetti

Thought I'd just put a couple of photos here - this is the kind of thing I'm talking about.

The waist looks gathered and rather bunchy.

I had a lovely black chiffon skirt years ago, it wasn't gathered, but it was full at the hem, the hem was stiffened with something (soft wire?) So fell in soft waves.

I loved it.

I do think that if you are on the larger side (like me!!!) you have to choose much more carefully if you don't want to go "full apple" though!

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I think there are quite a few catwalks coming back to this look Joseann - I also love the look to be honest.

Here are some tuile skirts on larger ladies: