❤ 𝔹𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥 𝕊𝕦𝕣 ℙ𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖 ❤

Costume from the 19th century Costumes used in ballet have the conflict between being beautiful and also easy to move and dance in. The costumes must be comfortable enough, but also enhance the movement of the dancer, and provide the allusion of flight during performances. Starting with Roman styles in the 1500s, stretching to the modern day beautiful and intricate costumes, ballet has a long history in costumes. See below several examples of ballet costumes throughout the ages.  In the 17th and 18th century, ballerinas often wore heeled shoes Starting in 1550, the Roman style of dressing was highly influential to the costumes used in Ballet. Throughout history, whatever the most popular styles of clothing was were integra ted into ballet costumes.  Typical colors of ballet costumes ranged from dark  copper to maroon and purple. The tutu was first worn by  Marie Taglioni who  wore a gauzy white skirt cut to reveal her ankles, designed by  Eugene Lami  in  La Sylphid