Bows & Buttons: Tu-tu Pretty!

While much of this blog will be inadvertently devoted to sartorial splendors for both baby and mommy, there is one guilty pleasure I harbor, which try as I might, I simply cannot seem to shake free from. Trendy or tacky, belonging to yesteryear or of-the- moment, I care not, Dear Reader.This one garment evokes images of pixie dust and arabesques, of the saccharine effects of cupcakes & cotton candy, of little girls donned as princesses for the day, all wrapped up in a piece of gossamer tulle. This most pretty piece is, of course, the tutu.

Whether on the way to ballet rehearsal or simply worn for its Pretty-as-a-princess effect, Tinseltown has taken quite the liking to this little-girl frock as evidenced by the following snapshots of Tots Around Town:

When you call super style-maven Nicole Ritchie, "Mom", you better believe that you become fashion royalty über fast. Here Nicole carries Princess Harlow to ballet practice, but I'm willing to bet her ensemble has as much to do with fashion as function.

Ms. Suri has long been hailed as a so-called princess of chic toddlers everywhere frolicking amongst Hollywood's finest in everything from little-girl kitten heels to bountiful hair bows. Below Hollywood mama Katie Holmes-Cruz has dressed Suri in a tutu befitting ballet practice or perhaps Bel Air?

Following these fashionable tots in tights are a bevy of other miniture ballerinas including:

Isla Fisher's sweetheart Olive Cohen:

Jennifer Garner's cutie Violet Affleck:

And sarah Michelle Gellar's pretty princess Charlotte Grace:

So while these so-called Hollywoodian princesses tread the streets in such airy attire, where can the rest of us mere mortals seek such fanciful frocks for our little ones? One website I have been salvating over is My Tutu Boutique.

With a vast selection to choose from for your little princess from the traditional tutu skirting and bodice, to longer and more ruffled petticoats, from personalized and bejeweled bloomers to tutus emblazoned with your toddlers favorite cutsy characters (think Dora, Abby Cadabby and a personal favorite with my daughter-- the red-furred ruffian, Elmo) . Because they are made to order, tutus and the like come in a myriad of colors available for personalization for your littles ones special event or for any day deemed special...because let's face it, with your little girl in tote, everyday deserves a little pixie dust. Don't cha think? Shop my top picks below: