My other great reading obsession love is history. Historical fiction, classic novels, non-fiction, I love it all, but especially the period from about 1790-1830, known as part of the Federal Era in the United States, the Napoleonic Era in Europe, the extended Regency period in Britain, the beginning of the Romantic movement in art and literature...there’s just so much change and incredible art and fashion and social upheaval that occurred during this time! The time of Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Vigee Le Brun, Dolley Madison, the Lewis and Clark expedition and the incredible Sacajawea...it fascinates me endlessly. I have an entire shelf on my library wall dedicated to these few decades.
(One of those Disney movies we didn’t get as kids? Pocahontas. My mom was horrified that they took an actual historic figure and told her story wrong. I now share this horror and have been informed by fellow Disney nerds that I’m not really missing out.)
SO. All this to say, that when I saw this adorable fan art of Cinderella pop up on my Pinterest feed, I completely lost my mind. Gorgeous drawing of Disney princess, PLUS she’s wearing turn of the nineteenth century clothing? Love it! I instantly knew I wanted to cosplay this drawing, but I was struggling with how to represent the color scheme in at least a vaguely historically accurate manner - then, lo and behold, Katherine (koshka-the-cat) posted this blog entry about short gowns, and I was inspired. (See also this article, and this extant shortgown that I used for the justification of my front drawstring closure.)
And while this post is about Cinderella, I decided why stop there? DO ALL THE THINGS (princesses)!! So this is the first of hopefully many historically inspired Disney princess cosplays. Thanks a million to my incredible talented baby sister for being willing to come over and take photos of me modeling my outfit! She wasn’t happy with the lighting so these are just teaser photos until we can try again, earlier in the day. Also, my respect for cosplayers has increased tenfold because wow, I felt ridiculous. Also also I now doubly understand why most of them use wigs; does anyone ever have a good hair day when they are supposed to have photos taken? Because I want some of that juju.
So here a few photos of me feeling silly and looking like a ridiculous nerd, with hopefully more to come 🤓
Scrubbing the floor...
Taking a wee little breather...
Wondering if I should interrupt the “music lesson” to give Stepmother the invite
Dreaming about dancing the night away at the palace
So that’s that! More photos to follow, with hopefully better lighting (and hair, though I’m not quite ready for a wig yet - I hate wearing them!) plus look forward to WAY too much exposition on my outfits design and head canon about this character with some detail shots of hems and seams!
(One of those Disney movies we didn’t get as kids? Pocahontas. My mom was horrified that they took an actual historic figure and told her story wrong. I now share this horror and have been informed by fellow Disney nerds that I’m not really missing out.)
SO. All this to say, that when I saw this adorable fan art of Cinderella pop up on my Pinterest feed, I completely lost my mind. Gorgeous drawing of Disney princess, PLUS she’s wearing turn of the nineteenth century clothing? Love it! I instantly knew I wanted to cosplay this drawing, but I was struggling with how to represent the color scheme in at least a vaguely historically accurate manner - then, lo and behold, Katherine (koshka-the-cat) posted this blog entry about short gowns, and I was inspired. (See also this article, and this extant shortgown that I used for the justification of my front drawstring closure.)
And while this post is about Cinderella, I decided why stop there? DO ALL THE THINGS (princesses)!! So this is the first of hopefully many historically inspired Disney princess cosplays. Thanks a million to my incredible talented baby sister for being willing to come over and take photos of me modeling my outfit! She wasn’t happy with the lighting so these are just teaser photos until we can try again, earlier in the day. Also, my respect for cosplayers has increased tenfold because wow, I felt ridiculous. Also also I now doubly understand why most of them use wigs; does anyone ever have a good hair day when they are supposed to have photos taken? Because I want some of that juju.
So here a few photos of me feeling silly and looking like a ridiculous nerd, with hopefully more to come 🤓
Scrubbing the floor...
Someone at the door?
Wondering if I should interrupt the “music lesson” to give Stepmother the invite
Dreaming about dancing the night away at the palace
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