Special feature of 1905 film network It was released last Friday and won about 300 million box office in the first week. Compared with Disney’s last fairy princess movie, it is a good result. However, in terms of word of mouth, the overall evaluation is at two poles. People who agree with it think that the live-action version restores the animation scene very well, while people who don’t like the film think that the film itself is too consistent and has no innovation.
However, no matter what attitude they have towards the film, everyone thinks that the costume design in Beauty and the Beast is great! After reading it, girls will feel that they will never have a yellow skirt in their wardrobe, while some boys can’t restrain their "girlish heart".
Behind these gorgeous clothes, there is also a great god, that is, Jacqueline Durran. She was nominated for the Best Costume Design Oscar four times, and won the Golden statuette for anna karenine in 2012.
The participation in Beauty and the Beast seems less complicated than before, but the yellow evening dress worn by Belle and the blue tuxedo of the Beast in the cartoon have already been deeply rooted in people’s hearts. It is the most difficult part of this work to keep and make innovations on this basis.
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Looking back on Jacqueline Durran’s past works, from the beginning to the arrival, Jacqueline Durran is very good at putting European classical feelings into his own color. According to past experience, in the design of Beauty and the Beast, Duran kept the overall design of the original animation well, and added many European medieval costume features in the details. It seems that it’s no problem to win the nomination of Oscar for best costume design again.
The image of "Belle" is one of the earliest Disney princesses who can represent the rise of women. Although Miss Watson’s acting skills are still alive in Hermione’s time, the feminist image in her life is also very consistent. Duran’s key point is how to make this image more three-dimensional through clothing design.
Duran said in an interview with fashionista, "The story of Beauty and the Beast is so deeply rooted in people’s hearts that no one wants to change or reinterpret it because it is so powerful that everyone likes it." Therefore, when Duran received this project, her focus was not on overthrowing Chuang, but on how to innovate on the original basis and show Belle’s female spirit of keeping pace with the times.
Blue dress
The blue dress at the beginning of the movie is one of Belle’s classic styles. The film gives a good interpretation of the role of Belle through the time of the first song. Independent, fond of reading, slightly out of place with the rest of the village.
In the costume design of live-action movies, obvious changes have been made. The original character setting is more like Cinderella’s female image who prefers to do housework at home. In the live-action movie, Duran kept the blue tone, but changed the whole suit into a small tooling to show Belle’s independent side. At the same time, the flat shoes in the animation were also changed into small boots.
In fact, the skirt has also been improved. In the movie, Belle wears exposed bloomers, which can make Belle more free and facilitate her to complete all kinds of chores. Knickerbockers were also common in those days. In order to show Belle’s love of reading, Duran also designed a big pocket for her to put books in.
This kind of design can make Belle look more independent and self-reliant, but considering the role of women, many 18th century French women’s dress features are added to the details. For example, lace decorations on the chest and tulle shawls.
Red cloak
After Belle and the beast became more and more intimate in the castle, the colors of the clothes became more and more bright. What impressed me the most was the little red cloak where two people were playing in the snow.
This suit is also a perfect restoration, similar to the first set of blue trousers skirt, with some details of small floral flowers added to the original simple design style. The most powerful thing about this suit is the material. Miss Watsons is an environmentalist herself, and this suit is made of organic and sustainable materials.
Yellow classic evening dress
Yellow has always represented wisdom, imagination, joy and hope, which is Belle’s most distinctive personal image. The yellow evening dress in the animation is very classic. Before it was released, Belle’s dress has always been the top three in the sales of Disney princess dresses.
Before Emma Watson joined the group, she had a rigid requirement for this suit, that is, no corset. In that case, if she can’t show her independence, she will also resign. Therefore, in the end, compared with the animated version, the real-life version of the skirt lacks some straight feeling, but on the contrary, it is lighter.
In the early stage, we experimented on fabric selection for a long time. Finally, the real-life version was made of silk transparent hard yarn fabric. Because there was no skirt, it was made into a layered cake shape, with feathers and golden broken leaves dotted on the skirt edge, which was integrated with the castle ballroom.
Swarovski provided 2,160 crystals for this purpose, making it dance, more elegant, with the feeling of biling biling, similar to the atmosphere of Jin Shanshan in the ballroom.
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