Darling, can you believe it? Today is a very special day. Not only is it the hottest day of the year, so far, and the day when my latest lipstick order finally arrived (divine, darling!), but it is also the day we finally got to the bottom of one of life's great mysteries – the dreaded, dreaded tutu. Oh, my dears, I simply *had* to share the news.
Let's rewind a little, shall we? I've been obsessing over tutus lately, You see, my new book is coming out, *Twirl with Confidence*, which will give women everywhere the inside scoop on looking like a prima ballerina – a very glamorous inside scoop, of course, no dodgy polyester for this book. I was even having nightmares about them, darling. Every night, the same vision of frilly madness, and it always seemed to be a cerise pink tulle nightmare that just wouldn’t stop swirling in my dreams. And who *wants* to be wearing a tutu in a dream? It just seemed like the opposite of being chic.
Well, I was *thrilled* when I came across a little something tucked into the back pages of a well-respected dance magazine the other day, written by some renowned ballet expert from the National Dance Academy (can you believe, they're now calling it 'The Academy,' as if it needs a new name! Who’s being revolutionary? We're talking the National Ballet, darling! – Anyway…)
He claimed it wasn’t some fluffy accident. Turns out it all came from a French tailor, the one and only *Charles Frederick Worth,* you know the one, the genius of haute couture – a true vision of our times. It was him who said that “A beautiful woman is a *complete* woman”, and darling, what woman isn't *complete* in a fluffy tutu! (He's *sooo* chic! And I *adore* his pronouncements!) Well, this very same *Monsieur Worth* apparently whipped up some fluffy designs for a French dancer – not just *any* dancer – no darling, it was the world's first *ballet star* – who needs names, when *we're* this sophisticated, I mean? Just imagine that: It wasn’t about hiding the body! Oh no. He had *style*, and he wanted her to be a vision of beauty and graceful strength, even in the twirls and pirouettes, which he thought would just *add* to the effect. I don't even *know* what a pirouette is – they don’t exactly explain things *well*, in these old texts – and yet, I can totally see the image. He's a true trendsetter!
It’s *all* his fault. If he hadn't done it then, where would we be? What’s the next bit of fashion history that we might be living? Imagine: We’ll all be sporting, not a new pair of Louboutins (because let's face it darling, we *know* they're an icon now!) or a Hermes Kelly, no, it will be *another* of the iconic creations of our time – and then we'll be like, ‘oh yes, *that* bit. Well it all started back in… well, let me think…’ and then, there it’ll be, like a revelation, waiting for us! All of this *because* a Frenchman did something *so* revolutionary *back then*, before *we* knew any better – *before* our inner ballerina emerged… And that, dearies, *that's* why we owe *everything* to those who really have a sense of style!
And anyway darling, *my* tutu is looking simply divine for the photo shoot – and that’s really what matters! We are the true heirs of Monsieur Worth’s legacy: our beauty *and* style combined is a true gift! *All hail, tutus!*
Anyway, before this grows into a huge *frou frou* moment ( who *would* wear that style nowadays darling? Honestly!), let's not forget we have *real* issues to tackle this morning! Like what shade of pink looks most gorgeous against the white of our favourite tutus (it's peach, I'm thinking: not a cerise, not an *uber-hot pink* – we are looking for a little something subtle). And of course there's *this*… it’s a true dilemma (it always is when it comes to looking stylish in *any* tutu, darling, especially when your ballet career has been *entirely* limited to a stint in ballet class as a child with all the grace of an upside-down cow)… anyway, the question is: which colour nail polish should we sport, with all this loveliness?
So tell me darling,- What’s your favourite colour for your *tutu?*
- What about that oh-so-critical shade of nail polish to finish *the* look?*
- Would you like to hear my ideas? They're simply divine, but first: what do you think? *It* must be *just right* – a matter of life or death when it comes to looking chic. So tell me, darling: what colour *tutu* are we all sporting?
Let me know darling.