Saturday, March 1, 2014

Cinderella: Part III

Having looked at the five characters present in the film's opening and established the period as mid- 19th century (with the exception of Lady Tremaine), I now want to move on to Cinderella's peasant dress and determine how accurate a depiction it is of French Victorian peasant clothing.



Ahhhhhhhh, who doesn't love the bubble scene.  Here is some of the reference I was able to find:





Cinderella wears a simple shift in muted colors.  Based on these images, that seems appropriate. She wears a handkerchief similar to the girl in the first photo. The shape of her hair, however, seems a little more 1940s than 1840's:



Like the girl's in the paintings, the bodice of Cinderella's dress is in two pieces, a chemise and what looks like some kind of vest.  One thing that is somewhat interesting it that Cinderella's apron differs from some of the aprons we see.  Whilst Cinderella's ties at the waist and hang most the length of the dress, the several of the girls in the paintings wears aprons that bunch in places. Does anyone know what this style is, or is it just a regular apron tied up? I'd love to know!

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