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".
Belle sometimes appears in her blue dress. Other times in her yellow gown. Aurora may decide to greet guests in her castle courtyard. Always keep your eye out for rare and unusual characters in Fantasyland.
In the opening sequence of the film, you see Belle's pantaloons as she tucks her skirt up to skip over some stones in the water. Shockingly, pantaloons weren't actually worn in the 18th-century.
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Why is Belle's gown yellow?
Art director Brian McEntee wanted the dress to be yellow and gold so light could capture as many of her movements as possible, despite the color being difficult to animate at the time.
Costume designer Jacqueline Durran, who helped bring Beauty and the Beast to life with her tangible takes on the original animated attire, says the shade fits Belle's role as an active heroine. “There is a sort of refinement and crispness to light blue, but there's also blue in workwear,” she explains.
Belle's animated dress consists of varying shades of "yellow" so that it doesn't feel as monochromatic. Instead, Belle's live-action dress is 100% yellow. Every single piece of the dress is made in the exact same shade of yellow.
The original Beauty of Beauty and the Beast did suffer from Stockholm syndrome. She developed feelings for the Beast under duress, alone and unsupported, rather than through genuine connection. However, as the story has been altered for modern audiences, elements of Stockholm syndrome have all but vanished.
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.
At the end of the film, set after the curse was broken, Belle wears a deep red rose dress which resembles the color of a red rose with light yellow bell-bottoms at the sleeves and deep red roses-like decorations with green leaves, a matching hair ribbon, a pearl necklace, a light yellow lining connected to her bodice ...
Daisy. The princess of Sarasaland. Her trademark style includes her yellow dress and flowery accessories. Daisy is cheerful, energetic, and enjoys playing a variety of sports with Mario and friends.
Finally, let's consider Alice from Alice in Wonderland (Geronimi et al., 1951), who has symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a chronic disorder that often leads to serious impairment of thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors (Schizophrenia, n.d.).
Elsa's condition, which is triggered by fear and anxiety, is representative of not only physical but also mental and cognitive disability, as many viewers have noted. The mishandling of Elsa's condition by her parents resonates especially with those who live with anxiety and depression.
Alexandrine was known by the nickname of "Adini" within her family. It became clear shortly after Alexandrine's birth that she was affected with Down syndrome. Unlike other disabled royal children, Alexandrine was not hidden away. She appeared in official family photographs and at events.
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.
During the original film, Aurora's gown is blue as seen when Flora and Merryweather fight for the colors of her gown either in pink or blue even at the end of the film where Aurora dances with Prince Phillip in a ballroom dance. But in later appearances and merchandise, Aurora's gown is depicted as pink.
The colors Belle wears also mimic her emotions, blue being associated with sadness and loneliness. Blue was also used to symbolize good, while Gaston's red represents evil.
She was a victim of the plague (The "Black Death") in Paris when Belle was only an infant. Before Belle's mother died, she told Maurice to get himself and their daughter away from the plague to safety. Reluctantly obliging to her words, Maurice and Belle moved from Paris to Villeneuve.
Purple symbolizes royalty. Rapunzel wears this throughout Tangled and so do kings and queens from numerous other Disney movies. Purple can also symbolize evil. Ursula wears purple very proudly as she is manipulating Ariel.
