Princess Jasmine has always been synonymous with her vibrant turquoise crop top and harem pants that she wears throughout Disney's 1992 animated classic Aladdin.
While some claim Jasmine is Arab because the movie opens with a song called Arabian Nights, others believe that the architecture in Agrabah is clearly based on the Taj Mahal, making Jasmine Indian. It's a debate that has fueled speculation that in Hollywood, Indians and Arabs are interchangeable.
Her princess gown is a two-piece outfit. The top of the outfit is a turquoise off-shoulder bandeau, and the shoulder-cloth is translucent. The bottom of the outfit are turquoise breeches with the organza veil outside. She wears an aquamarine tiara, gold earrings and necklace, and matching curly-tipped shoes.
“When you think of every Disney heroine — Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Jasmine — they're all wearing blue! It's a thing, Disney Blue,” Designer Christopher Kane told Elle magazine. According to the Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute and color specialist Leatrice Eiseman, blue is an empowering color.
Rating Disney Princess Dresses on Historical Accuracy (Part One)
Which Disney princesses wear blue?
Many of the Disney princesses' outfits feature the color blue, which may be a sign of empowerment. Characters like Snow White, Cinderella, Belle, Merida, Elsa, and Jasmine wear blue clothing, and it's probably not a coincidence that so many share the signature color.
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.
Princess Jasmine has always been synonymous with her vibrant turquoise crop top and harem pants that she wears throughout Disney's 1992 animated classic Aladdin.
In the original movie, Jasmine gets enslaved by Sorcerer Jafar, who seems to have forced her into a cleavage-baring red outfit with a bandeau top and hip-hugging pants. While clad in this ensemble, Jasmine pretends to be in love with Jafar to help Aladdin sneak by.
In Disney's nearly 100-year history, there has been only one Black Disney princess — Princess Tiana in “The Princess and the Frog,” a 2009 animated feature starring Anika Noni Rose.
They were given an official number in the franchise line-up based on the chronological order in which their films were released, starting with Snow White as the first and original Disney Princess, with Cinderella being the second, followed by Aurora and so on.
According to Tracy Brown of the Chicago Tribune, the scene "helped cement the iconic status of Belle's yellow dress". The dress is a voluminous off-the-shoulder tiered ball gown, accessorized with a matching headpiece, opera gloves, earrings and shoes. Belle wears her hair in a half-up style.
The original Aladdin story was actually set in China. Aladdin is one of the stories compiled in The Thousand and One Nights — a collection of Middle Eastern and Indian folk tales, however, it did not appear in the original Arabic text.
Which Disney Princess has the most outfit changes?
While Pocahontas has zero costume changes (sixth down), Tiana from The Princess and the Frog has the most, with a total of nine dresses (second from bottom).
But still, that doesn't mean when you're watching a favorite like "Aladdin" you're actually conscious of the fact that Jasmine is actually only 15 years old, which would result in Aladdin getting arrested in just about every state in the Union. Or that Snow White is just 14.
Her gown is a layered strapless, sleeveless green dress that takes after a green lotus, with attached a green lotus on it. She also wears a leaf-shaped tiara, a dewdrop-shaped diamond necklace and pale green opera gloves and matching shoes.
Despite wearing pants for most of the time, Jasmine has been shown wearing a purple dress, and her redesign features an overskirt. The purple dress is rarely used on Jasmine via merchandise because Rapunzel already represents the color purple.
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.
Princess Kate Wore the Most Festive Green Sequined Dress to King Charles' Birthday. A princess in party mode! Princess Kate attended King Charles' 75th birthday party alongside husband Prince William on Tuesday.
