Not Just Dancewear: Isabelle's Tutu

Hola! Another quick post from us in our "Not Just Dancewear" Series, 

where we show Isabelle's items mixed and matched 

with a variety of pieces from our collection. 

The goal of the series is to show that Isabelle's 

pieces can be used for everyday wear.

Today we have Liv, aka Marie-Grace, wearing Isabelle's Tutu.

Now a tutu is inherently a dancie item, 

so it can be difficult to make it into everyday attire. 

However, tutu skirts are actually "a thing" for fashion.

And not just for 2 yr olds.

Or costumes.

The fashion blog, imperfect wonder had a post about them on Jan. 6th.

http://www.imperfectwonder.com/tutu-fashion-trend/

Lady Moriarty in Paris, another great fashion blog.

http://ladymoriartyinparis.blogspot.com/

And from Cocorosa! Lots of great outfit posts.

http://mypreciousconfessions.blogspot.com/

Along with skater and scuba skirts and dresses, 

the tutu is a fun and flirty piece to add to any wardrobe.

We thought we did okay with the Isabelle Performance Outfit skirt here...

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/01/not-just-dancewear-performance-set-skirt.html

So we plowed forward with another tutu outfit.

Often people combine more flirty items with a tutu skirt -- 

bustiers, things with lace, ribbons, bows, tulle-accented hairpieces, etc. 

Or they go with professional items like blazers, button-down shirts, full sweaters.

We decided to embrace the idea of a warm, fuzzy feeling outfit.

Nothing says warm like waffle-weave thermals and a polar-fleece vest. ;-)

Liv's top and vest are from the ye olde American Girl Wilderness Outfit.

Don't ask us about those pants.

I think we lost them on purpose.

Her snowflake hairpiece is something we made ourselves 

out of a Crate and Barrel felt snowflake garland and a hairclip.

Her leggings are from an Arianna Collection
My Pink Planet doll outfit via Amazon.

Called "Tween Delight." Which is a horrid name.
The jacket and top are un-usable, i.e. bad.

But the outfit gave us these nice leggings and 

the skirt we used with the Rosette Leotard here...

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/01/not-just-dancewear-isabelles-rosette.html

Liv's booties are from the even ye older 

American Girl of Today Snowball Sweater and Leggings Outfit.

1998.

Before there were even computers!

Okay, there were computers, just not the internet shopping paradise 

we know and love today.

We saw them on the Clarisse's Closet blog, 

and decided to get them for ourselves.

Obviously the rest of the original outfit should really just be burned, 

so lucky for us someone on Ebay was just selling the booties.

The Isabelle tutu itself is many lovely layers of tulle, 

with a combination of cream and gold colors.

It really just made us think of a lovely bowl of warm oatmeal.

So that is sorta what we themed this outfit around, haha.

Maybe we were just hungry...

We hoped you liked this outfit!

Stay tuned for more posts in our "Not Just Dancewear" series!