Why the live-action version of "Beauty and the Beast" Belle ball dress is not as beautiful as Cinderella: the lack of these 5 points lacks the eye-catching characteristic skirt tone is too single, the texture details of the lack of three-dimensional skirt are not outstanding, the lack of corsets and skirt bras are not enough to contrast with the costumes of the extras

Disney's live-action version of Beauty and the Beast has caused a lot of discussion around Belle's iconic prom dress since the first promotional image was released on the Internet.

Years after the film was released, there is still some discussion about it. Why? Mainly because many people think Belle's prom dress doesn't look so good.

Today, from a design perspective, let's explore Belle's prom dress, why is it so incredibly bland?

Most people blame the skirts for being less stunning because they are not large enough and lack of decoration.

These two points are the main reasons, of course, there are many deeper reasons. I think Belle's dress is inferior to Cinderella's place where there are the following 5 points.

<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" data-track="56" > lacks eye-catching features</h1>

The first and most obvious reason for disappointment with Belle's prom dress was that audiences' expectations of what they understood as a "Disney Princess dress" were far from reality.

As many people point out: "It's not big enough" or "It's not magical enough" etc.

In addition, Belle's skirt lacks the elements of sandy Powell's prom dress for the live-action version of Cinderella that makes people can't help but say "wow".

There are so many amazing things about the live-action cinderella dress: multiple layers of tulle of different colors are superimposed to create gradient colors like ink paintings, ultra-light and expensive fabrics let the skirt float in the air when running, tens of thousands of Swarovski crystal embellished skirts create a dreamy skirt like a starry sky...

Disney princess dresses should conform to the imagination of young girls, not ordinary beautiful clothes, they should become the clothes that every audience dreams of. Belle's skirt did not meet these expectations.

If Cinderella's prom dress is the dress you want to wear at the wedding, then Belle's prom dress is the dress you want your bridesmaids to wear so they don't shine brighter than you.

<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" data-track="57" > skirt is too single and lacks three-dimensionality</h1>

The live-action beauty and the beast's prom dress does not follow the design in the original anime.

First, let's take a look at what Belle's yellow prom dress looks like in the original cartoon.

The 1991 Disney animated version of Beauty and the Beast is a film and animation classic.

It was the first animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

In addition, look at the color characteristics of the dress in the cartoon: the skirt is not the yellow of the live-action movie, but some kind of gold, shiny, like a magical fabric.

Belle's animated version of the dress consists of "yellow" in different shades, so it does not give a monochromatic feeling.

In contrast, Belle's live-action dress is 100% yellow, and the light loses in color.

Layers of yellow fabric are stacked, and no matter how the skirt moves, it ends up being yellow, which means that the dress quickly loses interest from the audience, as the full picture of the skirt is seen at a glance.

The color treatment of the Cinderella ball dress is much better, and each layer of the dress is dyed with different colors: purple, green, blue, white... The end result is a whole blue dress, but it comes in different shades.

Not only does it make it look more three-dimensional, but it also makes it more exploratory. Because every time I look at it, I see something different.

<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" data-track="58" > the texture detail of the skirt is not outstanding</h1>

The clothes of the characters in the cartoons are usually textureless. When designing a live costume, the most important task faced by the designer is to create a texture for the garment.

In fact, Belle's blue dress is very well done, giving the monochrome skirt rich texture detail in the cartoon.

But when it comes to the prom dress, it's too ordinary, without any recognizable texture.

In addition, the number of details in this dress is staggeringly small. The only decoration is the gold-tone menace motif on the hem of the skirt.

And, as Belle moves, the golden elements on the yellow dress produce almost no shimmer. Cinderella's dance dress refracts a little starlight when it moves, and it is indeed much more charming.

<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="04" data-track="59" > lack of corsets and skirt brass</h1>

Generally speaking, in the past, dresses for such dance occasions were generally relatively puffy, and skirts would be propped up under the skirts.

The problem with Belle's skirt was that it wasn't fluffy enough, and the skirt seemed to stick to the body instead of moving around. It feels soft because it lacks structural support.

In the months leading up to the film's release, Emma Watson had been highly publicized for her categorical refusal to wear a corset or, in her words, "she would never, wore a corset."

The idea was to modernize Belle and make her more like a liberated woman.

Cinderella's prom gown was added to the skirt support, and Lily James, who played Cinderella, also wore a corset under the skirt. The ultra-thin waist even triggered the P-figure conjecture of netizens.

Although the corset is really not good, I think it is better to wear this kind of court puffed skirt or a thin waist.

<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="05" data-track="60" > contrasting not enough with the costumes of the extras</h1>

Whether the clothes are stunning or not, sometimes rely on contrast to highlight.

In the live-action version of "Cinderella", the skirt of the protagonist Cinderella is larger than everyone's, and the fabric details are more exquisite to the naked eye. Look at a lot of puffy skirts, or her blue dress is the most exquisite.

In the live-action version of "Beauty and the Beast", the skirts of many extras I think are more dramatic and exquisite than Belle's.

In the group dance scene, I saw a lot of exaggerated and exquisite skirt dresses, which made people forget the yellow ball dress that Belle wore before.

Belle's other embroidered ball dress I think is much more exquisite than the yellow ball dress.

More elaborate silhouettes and more elaborate embroidery patterns than extras make this dress stand out.

Do you think the yellow dress of the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast is beautiful? Do you prefer Belle's or Cinderella's prom dress?