Disney Princess Historical Costume Influences: Cinderella

Cinderella is about a beautiful, perfect-in-every way girl whose deadbeat father goes and dies on her, leaving her with her step-mother and two step-sisters who treat Cinderella as their own personal maid. With the help of Fairy Godmother, Cinderella goes to the ball in a fabulous pouffy dress. There, the Prince thinks she’s hot, but she has to be home at midnight so runs off leaving a shoe.

Set in a fantasy historical setting, the Disney telling is a product of the period in which the movie was made, and thus, her costumes are fantasy historical as well. 

The 2-part article analyzes the 1950 Disney princess and discusses the historical influences in her costumes.

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by Kendra on March 11th, 2015
Part 1: http://www.frockflicks.com/disney-princess-historical-influences-cinderella-1950/
Part 2: http://www.frockflicks.com/disney-princess-historical-influences-cinderella-1950-part-2/

Sample topics:
• Aprons, smocks and dirndls.
• The mice-styled pink dress from the early 1900’s(?)
• Cinderella’s classic mid-18th century SILVER-WHITE ballgown.


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