/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10668402
Ah, a fellow person of Princess Tutu culture. I had the same problem when I was making my costume. Everything premade was either a Giselle style tutu or a Party City tutu. So your options are: alter a premade or make your own. The style of tutu you're looking for is called a Platter Tutu -- it's the kind professional ballerinas wear. Unfortunately, they are also professionally priced at $100+ dollars. The process of making one yourself will not make this any cheaper and honestly may run you more expensive. These tutus are made by layering stiff tulle netting and sewing it in rows pointing "up" and "down" kind of similarly to how wefts are sewn into a wig. When a wig is made to be spiked, the wefts are sewn with the hair pointing up so that it can defy gravity -- it's the same concept with the tulle strands. Then the whole shebang is heavily starched and steamed. You can find videos of this online and tutu kits, but again they're expensive.

When I made my costume, I was a beginner sewist and on a moderate budget. So, I took a premade giselle (ie. soft knee length) style tutu and stuck a wire frame in between the layers. Then I tacked the edges down so the wire frame was invisible-ish. It worked decently except the wire I used wasn't strong enough and kept on getting bent out of shape. If I were to do it again (and a direction you might want to go into) would be to make something to the equivalent of a drum farthinggale (in other words a very short and stout hoop skirt) [pic related]. Then, wear the premade tutu on top and add some similar colored tulle or harvested layers from your tutu and attach it to the underbelly of the farthingale so you can't see the guts.

I apologize for how long and rambly this is, but hopefully some of that made sense to you and is useful. I love to see Tutu cosplayers, so I wish you all the best!