Belle's familiar blue dress was simpler than Aurora and Snow White's peasant getups, but the color also set her apart from them — and from everyone else in her little town.
The dress is worn during one of Disney's most famous scenes, which in turn contributed to the outfit's popularity among audiences. According to Tracy Brown of the Chicago Tribune, the scene "helped cement the iconic status of Belle's yellow dress".
“Though we didn't completely take blue out of the village, Belle is distinct within the town as the only one who wears a column of blue,” says Durran. “She stands out as different than her environment.” And therein lies the essence of the blue dress.
From Snow White, Cinderella, Belle, Aurora, Elsa, Jasmine, and more, all wear the color. According to the Color Theory, blue, one of the three primary colors, is not only known to represent the sky and sea but is also associated with human behavior and has a context of how it is commonly used.
The day that Belle was gifted the castle's library, she was wearing a green dress (similar to the color scheme of Ariel from The Little Mermaid) with a matching hair ribbon, and outside when she was tending to Phillipe and Sultan she added a dark blue cloak.
When Disney's animated interpretation of Beauty and the Beast hit theaters in 1991, Belle's wardrobe quickly became a favorite of the princess universe. Both her yellow ball gown and her blue day dress were (and are still) frequently copied as Halloween costumes.
Aurora is one of the eight Disney Princesses to be royal by birth, second after Snow White. Aurora remained silent in the second half of the film she originated in, even after being awoken with the kiss. Aurora's dress is constantly changed from blue to pink and back again as a running gag during her film.
In both films, Elsa wears two wonderful dresses, each of which is a sign of her character in the two movies. The blue color of Elsa's dress in Frozen is a peace, quiet and loyal sign. People who use blue color like Elsa, think well before doing anything and environmental conditions do not make them irritable.
Minnie Mouse - Steamboat Willie (1928) As one of Disney's original characters, Minnie Mouse has been around for decades. She never received the title of a princess since Mickey was never considered royalty. The two are just seen as mice just living their lives with their friends.
Belle loves to read, and she just immediately falls in love with all the books around her and can barely contain herself. She's also wearing a pretty amazing green dress, and just like, everyone KNOWS this is Belle's green library dress.
Pocahontas is currently the only Disney Princess to have a tattoo (the symbol on her right arm) and the only one to wear one outfit throughout her entire film.
Belle is the only Disney princess with hazel eyes. She was meant to look more 'European' than previous princesses and was given eyes slightly smaller than Ariel's. Incidentally, Emma Watson also happens to have hazel eyes.
Disney Princesses such as Cinderella, Jasmine, Belle, and Ariel all wear blue. Elsa, Alice and all other princesses except for Rapunzel wear this iconic blue. We admire all of them and more female heroines for the confidence that they instill in us. I never realized that they all had blue clothing in common.
Cinderella's dress has been and will remain known as blue because of how Disney has changed and commercially produced it as blue. However, the animators originally most likely produced her dress as silver. Do you believe her dress was originally silver?
While creating the Disney Princess franchise, Disney Consumer Products decided that Aurora should be marketed wearing the pink version of her dress in order to further distinguish her from Cinderella, who also wears blue.
Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing a green velvet dress designed by Victor Edelstein and an emerald choker necklace, kisses her father-in-law, Prince... Diana, Princess of Wales attends a display of dancing by members of the Maori community during an official welcome ceremony at Eden Park Stadium in...
Snow White doesn't have much of a wardrobe, but her iconic yellow, red and blue dress makes up for her lack of options. Plus, her sleeves are just the right amount of puffed. A mark of a true princess.
“She kind of looked like Angelina Jolie — very beautiful,” O'Hara said in the book “Disney Princess: Beyond the Tiara,” as excerpted by Insider. “I didn't see how anybody would identify with that person. You'd look at her and put her on a pedestal. [Animators] changed the look of her.
Early concept art of Belle, from Disney's Oscar-winning "Beauty and the Beast" was originally considered too beautiful. According to a new book called "Disney Princess: Beyond the Tiara" by Emily Zemler, the Disney princess' look was adjusted early on in conception to make her less "glamorous" and more relatable.
