Rosalía Will Back Balletcore to the Bitter End

Reported by Vogue.

Balletcore was never going to stay soft. What started as a gentle pivot toward ballet flats and wrap cardigans has fully pirouetted into something darker, stranger, and — thanks to Rosalía — significantly more interesting. The Spanish pop phenomenon was spotted in New York, where she's performing rescheduled dates of her LUX tour, dressed like a prima ballerina who moonlights in something a little less family-friendly: latex bodysuit plunging to the navel, two studded belts riding low on her hips, a white tulle tutu, a sheer embroidered black bra with a delicate blue bow, and stacked platform pumps. Naturally curly hair, tousled. Zero apologies.

The Costume Is the Commitment

This isn't just a fashion moment — it's an extension of a full creative world. According to Vogue, Rosalía has worked with Jonathan Anderson at Dior on four custom performance looks for the LUX tour, including an organza feathered cape with angel-wing drama, an icy blue pannier dress wrapped in satin ribbon, a militaristic silhouette with a tricorne hat, and a leaf medallion tutu she wears in the show's opening act. The collaboration is spectacle by design, each piece built for movement as much as impact. Rosalía has been training with Belarusian prima ballerina Tatiana to perform en pointe, and her choreography pulls directly from classical technique, citing the French collective LA(HORDE) as a key influence. This is not a girl who borrowed the aesthetic. She did the work.

The tutu itself is having a serious moment beyond the stage. Dior's fall 2026 runway sent out frothy, layered versions alongside similar moves from Chanel and Simone Rocha. The puffy skirt has cycled through Carrie Bradshaw, Rihanna, Elle Fanning — a generous range of interpretations over the years. But most of those reads leaned precious, playful, or nostalgic. Rosalía's version arrives with a latex bodysuit and studded hardware, reframing the tutu not as a girlhood callback but as something with actual menace. The ballerina and the dominatrix, finally together.

What she's doing stylistically mirrors what she's doing musically — taking a recognizable form and pushing it somewhere unexpected until it becomes entirely hers. Balletcore gave everyone permission to wear the tutu. Rosalía is showing what happens when you stop asking for permission altogether.

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