If Disney's Designs Were Historically Accurate, This Is More Like What 6 Princesses Would Look Like
These are the outfits that Disney princesses would wear in real life.
For many of us, Disney brings back fond memories of our wondrous years as children. We watched various Disney movies and even met Mickey Mouse in person at Disneyland.
With all these pleasant experiences, you cannot deny the special place you've reserved for Disney in your heart. There’s something about Disney that just feels magical.
When we watch the movies, it feels like being transported to faraway places. Whenever we visit its theme parks, the attractions seem like they’re straight out of a storybook.
There's so much to love about Disney, including the princesses and their respective stories. After all, these are the characters that many of us grew up admiring and dreaming of being like.
We love them so much that we even dress up as our favorite Disney princesses when we role-play, and we may have even persuaded our parents to make costumes so we could look exactly like them. Even now, as adults, we can’t help but get swept up in their fairy tale endings—who doesn’t want to find their very own prince charming?
And since we've learned about history, we're pretty sure some of you have wondered what the princesses would look like if they were actually wearing clothes from their time. We're going to deliver exactly that in today's post.
1. Princess Jasmine
The costume is inspired by the clothing of women in 300 A.D. Also note that Genie says this to Aladdin:
First, that fez and vest combo is much too third century.In other words, the setting used in the movie is the fourth century.
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Eugene Lee Yang / Via youtube.com2. Princess Aurora
If Aurora were a real person, she would probably be wearing dresses from 1300 A.D. This line by Prince Philip gives the setting away:
Now, Father, you’re living in the past! This is the 14th century!
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Now, compare the two dresses.
3. Snow White
Snow White would probably be wearing dresses typical of women during the 1500s in Germany. If you can recall, the dwarfs were yodeling in the movie.
The first recording of this form of singing was from 1545, so perhaps Snow White was set years after that.
Moreover, the home of the seven dwarfs was adorned with carved instruments and furniture made of wood. These designs are common in the country's Black Forest region.
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Compare the dresses
4. Pocahontas
The film is based on the real Pocahontas, the Native American woman brought to England. She was born in 1596.
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Look at their outfits side by side.
5. Belle
During the castle tour by Cogsworth, he mentioned designs that came from the 17th to 18th centuries. Furthermore, since the Beast is a prince, this means that the story took place before the French Revolution, a time when aristocracy existed in the country.
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Disney's design of what Belle would have looked like in real life.
6. Tiana
Tiana's mom mentions New Orleans in the film. Additionally, the prominence of jazz music and the titular character's drop-waisted skirt tells us that it's set in the 1920s.
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Compare Tiana's outfits.
There may be similarities, but there are also huge differences between the designs and the real-life dresses.
And let's be honest: Disney is a franchise.
In other words, they intended to make these characters appeal to a younger audience—even if it means diverting the design plans from what's written in history.
Check out these two other artistic interpretations of historically accurate Disney princesses here:
Illustrator Depicts Disney Characters In A More Historically Accurate Style
and: Disney Princesses Artistically Redesigned Wearing Dresses That Would Be Historically Accurate
