Cinderella Dress Breakdown - Details of the Huge Skirt & Tiny Waist - Part 1
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- From the foundation of this huge skirt and tiny waist, to the many frills, explore the details of this spectacular ballgown!
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The live action Disney remakes overall aren't very good at all, but I do think Cinderella was the best of them. And you're right, that dress is EVERYTHING. Can't wait to see you recreate it!!!!
Cinderella is definitely the best of them! Looking forward to sharing the process with you!
Agreed! I liked that it wasn't an exact recreation of the animation, but to be honest the costumes and the general aesthetic of the film are a huge chunk of the reason why I liked it.
I liked Aladdin the best, princess jasmins costume were exquisite, so much detail
Also helps that Cinderella was the only one from the scene-by-scene live actions that was old enough to justify it; Sleeping Beauty and Alice in Wonderland had a totally different approach and everything else is way too recent.
Idk Aladdin was good tho
Think of the movie what you want, but this dress is a gorgeous piece of art. Anyone making a replica is a champion in my books, but you made 5. Bella Mae, you are my hero. I think this will inspire me to finally finish my projects that I've postponed because I can't do frills... Let alone flounces.
Aw... I sometimes can't believe I've made 5! 😅
Thank you for bringing up the optical illusion. It always bothers me that no one notices how huge the skirt and shoulders are or even consider James natural waist size before ranting about corsets. I wear a corset everyday and I am never going back to modern bras.
Amen to that. I'm working on creating a corset for myself, but only corded, for support and warmth. (I'm the youngest in my office by 40. My office is an igloo.)
Yes, this is something that people just tend to forget about! 👏
@@madelinesertner8791 aww! i want one for winter contradancing in an unheated ballroom in a sometimes very cold climate!
And thank you for making me feel even better after that video because there are even more people who get it! My mom had a natural 18 inch waist when she was married and her grandmother had a 13 inch one when she got married. People freak out about my great-grandmother but it was the Edwardian times so having 13" at one part of the torso works with the silhouette. I had to wear a back brace for scoliosis (very similar to Bernadette Banner's story) and I was already tiny, but the compression kept making me tinier and they kept having to cut the brace down because the back opening kept closing. Towards the end they were thinking they were going to have to make me a whole new brace because the padding placement shifted so much with them taking it in only at the back. I never thought to measure my waist as a teenager but I would not be surprised if I had grown up like my great-grandmother that I would have had an extra small waist.
Thank you again to everyone who is making me feel less alone, lol! It drives me crazy how people don't even want to understand and just blow it off. Even my dad and he saw the whole brace situation and also married my mom! My mom couldn't find her dream wedding dress and so she and my grandma made it which is why she knows her measurements. I don't know why she hasn't taken it out of storage to prove it (she gets upset, too, lol!) but maybe people will just say it shrank with age? Ignorant people are just going to be ignorant I guess :P
And thank you to anyone who made it through my rant, lol!
@@daintybrighton I know the feeling. My mom has really small hips so people always freak out and she can't fit in regular clothing since her hips go inward. We are all unique and people just have to get used to it.
Cinderella dress: Made by dedicated team with Hollywood Budget.
Bella Maes, On her own: So My 6th version....
Hahaha!!!
Emma Watson, in the next movie: lifeless banana yellow fabric and glitter glue
@@BellaMaesDesigns 😀😀😀😀😀😀😊😐😐😐😯😥😥😈😈
One thing that people forget as well regarding corsets is that when they are made for you and nor tight laced they are quite comfortable and supportive
Exactly! They had to be comfortable because you'd be wearing them all day, every day. If they weren't comfortable, then you were doing something wrong or it wasn't fitted to you.
Yes! Heck, even those who do tightlace have told me that you should never be in pain or significantly encumbered while tightlacing- they train to get up to smaller and smaller sizes, but a good waist trainer never goes past what their body can handle at that time.
I'm only speaking from childhood ballet classes here, but the V cut into the back of the corset for James' dance double is probably for freedom of movement. "Ballet"-cut necklines are a wide scoop neck with a lower back, which is how leotards are cut, so your arms & shoulders are unencumbered.
Very good thinking, Julia! Her spine will be more comfortable especially as she leans back during the dance.
And speaking of the dance, I haven't researched the movie and now I want to, but I hear of a dance double, but wow, that must have been tricky. Does anyone know of a video about that?
Exactly! I did ballet to and commented on the same remark! That is nice!😊
I saw the dress in an exhibition in London when the film was premiering in 2015, along with many of the other iconic outfits that Sandy Powell designed for the film and they were even more beautiful in real life. They displayed the iconic blue dress on a spinning floor section so you could see it moving, and oh my gosh, the crystals glinting in the light made it feel truly magical. I can't believe someone could make something like that in real life!
That's incredible! It's my dream to see it in person someday!
Just saw your video for the first time! I also saw the Disney dress in person many years ago at FIDM in LA. It will be on display June - Jan in Detroit at the Henry Ford
For me, this is still the most beautiful Disney dress in all live action adaptation.
Jasmine??
@@harristocrat so what was that? A towel?
@@lonelypatatoe9524 I love Jasmine's outfits, but Cinderella is the best. I try to forget Belle's dress even exists. Live action versions, obviously.
Thank you for doing this series... my daughters have been begging to see how you made this dress. They even went as far as to say, "Mommy, I'm sorry, but I think she is a better sewer than you." I just smiled and said "YES she is!" We are excited for future uploads.
Happy to be doing it! Haha! :) I'm sure they're glad they have a mom that does know how to sew, though! ❤️
I have a couple of dresses made for Lily James in the costume hire store where I work. She was in a production of Othello at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield before she became well known (You can find pictures of her wearing them if you google her name and Othello.) One is white and the other is a two piece dress in light blue (it looks grey on the pics) with white gauze sleeves. I was one of the first people to meet her there as I was working in the stage door at the time when she came in for her final audition.
How was meeting her? Wow you probably are very talented to be working there
@@lilliesinthegard32 She was very nice. It was before she became famous, so I hope she is still a nice now. I work in the costume department. I don't make costumes, as I just hire them out to people, although I have repaired her dress a couple of times.
That's to neat! That must have been fun! Thanks for sharing! ❤️
in the quoted article, she calls it "synthetic polyester". just to be clear, ALL polyester is synthetic (in case anyone might have been confused by that). ;)
Haha, so true...not sure why she said it that way!
@@BellaMaesDesigns maybe because a lot of people don't get that really all polyester is plastic. as a lot of people don't get that artificial fur is plastic. those articles are usually made for the general masses, so sometimes they overexplain ^^
When I looked at this comment, I started thinking of fake polyester, as in it's not actually polyester but a fake version of it. The most synthetic thing in the world!
I'm fourteen years older than you, but I doubt I will EVER acheive even half your sewing/design talent. I can't believe you have made FIVE of those, that's immensely impressive. And THANK YOU for the corset explanation!! SO many people are adamant that corsets were torture devices that killed women on the daily, rather than actual underwear that was accented by padding/bustles/etc. I am so tired of people that know nothing of history of corsets insisting they are evil, but you addressed that so much nicer than I would have😂 I would have gotten snarky lol
Aww! ❤️
And yes, needed to include that part!!
@Auriel Michelle Toruan I know that.
As a kid i had a Ladybird book of Cinderella, where she had 3 ballgowns starting with bronze then silver and finally gold, the time period for the fashions i'd hazzard s guess about 18th century, it would be nice to see them reimagined.
I had that book too!
I'm from Germany and I've watched a movie similar to that (one dress out of furr, one out of moon light and another one) I sadly don't remember the name, but you could try to search for "Aschenputtel" which is the German name of Cinderella
@@lilly6357 Ich denke das Märchen heißt „Allerleirauh“
The cinderella dress is my ultimate sewing dream. One day i plan on making it. Your series is gonna be so helpful, thank you so much.
I loved this video, personally I can never get enough of behind the scenes costume information. I absolutely take my hat off to you for all the research you've done 👏
Speaking from experience, flounces are hell to make but they are (almost 😅) worth it for how pretty they are. Last year I made a version of the red 'girl on fire' dress from the first Hunger Games movie from a Simplicity pattern that had almost 40 chiffon flounces, which is nothing compared to the mountain for Ella's dress, and as time consuming they were to make I adore the final look!
Fingers crossed for your sanity on whatever you choose to do, I'm so excited to see the making of this dress! 🤩
Yes, give me ALLLLL the behind the scene photos! Haha, I will definitely be getting myself in deep trouble if I do flounces...😅
Am I the only one who thinks her waist wasn't that small? Its realistic for her size, and if you have Lily James body type, you should be able to wear a proper corset for her size no problem
I agree and disagree. She’s naturally very small waisted, I believe in press for the movie they said she has a 22 inch waist and with the corset they brought it down to 17 inches, which is very small
@@DD-gl3gx but it is historically accurate
@@wateringcan5369 what? I didn’t say anything about historical accuracy. I was just saying that it did bring her down a lot
@@DD-gl3gx oh Ik, I was just saying technically having like corsets that small would be historically accurate
@@DD-gl3gx 17 inches is really small, but a 5 inch reduction isn’t that hard to achieve in a properly fitting corset. It’s not even all that uncomfortable. I easily go from a 29.5 down to a 23.5, six inches, and it only took me less than 7 hours of wear total to be able to get to that. It’s mainly that your oblique muscles need the chance to stretch as the corset lengthens them.
Eeek! i soo love this dress. Lily James is one of my current favorite actresses. Im so here for all of these videos!
Yay!!! Happy to have you along!
I would understand if you need to keep your sanity, but the layers will be lighter with flounces than with frills. It shows that they where trying to take as much weight off as possible in every part of the shirt while keeping as much volume as possible !
Jf Carrier , your comment inspired me to research the difference between frills and flounces. Now I know for when I someday make my dream wedding dress!
I love this series you’ve done. I’ve watched it all before, and now I’m watching it all again. Amazing, I will never get over how amazing you are and how the dress turned out. ❤
It is probably silk tulle which is the lightest fabric but you do need a LOT of it ! I did a wedding dress with 6 full circles of silk tulle and I could easily have added another 10 no problem ! but it moves so well. Cost a lot too.
I'm so happy you're back to weekly videos! My personal vote is for the flounces, but don't lose your mind! Love the fishing line idea. The closest I've seen to that is Angela Paxton, I think, using horseshair in a skirt. Can't wait for part two! Take care of yourself, and get plenty of rest. (This weather changing is killing us with allergies)
Yes! Sorry for the break and happy to be back! Yes...I'm thinking that will happen...
I love the mention of fishing line. I've used it often in costumes! You are explaining everything very nicely.
I always assumed that the frills on the petticoat were triangles but now that I’m looking at the pictures you compiled, it looks like it might be circles with frills finishing the circumference and then folded in half. Then it looks like it was tacked to fall from the center point down with a little extra stitching to guide the fall. (I’m talking about the petticoat at 21:01) that method would account for the flounces laying flat up towards the waist but being full at the hem. It would also explain the ripples that are happening at the hem in that picture. Can’t wait to see your process with this rendition!
You are just the cutest bean! I love how informative you are and how intelligent. This dress seems very magical, and after seeing you do the Christine Daeé dress, I am so excited to see you complete this one in video format too! You're going to do amazing.
Aww! Happy to have you along! ❤️
@@BellaMaesDesigns I'm learning a lot from you, so thank you kindly!
I had the privilege of seen this blue gown in real life. It was GORGEOUS. The thing that impressed me most was the HUGE shoulder part, even more than the skirt. That piece of fabric was masive. The waist, on the other hand, was pretty normal, not different from the step sisters or the step mother dresses (they were there too). Lily Collins is very smal, so the contrast between the huge skirt and top and the waist was even more evident, compared with a taller person.
I technically lived for this moment, I remember when I first came across your channel you had I think 2 videos only, and I hoped you'd film the process of the dressmaking; and look here we are, thank you for making a dream come true, you are literally everyone's cinderella fan fairy godmother out there.
Aww, that's so fun to hear! Yes! It. Is. Happening!
Hey Bella !! First of all Thank you so much for breaking down this costume in detail..from the hoop skirt up until the butterfly your videos helped me a lot in recreating it for my little girl.. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge with the world
I'M SO EXCITED YAAAAAY
*chanting*: flounces! flounces!
If you do end up doing the flounces i wil die but also be mighty impressed at you flexing your skills and patience in such a manner
Haha! We shall see!!
Yes! This is happening. I'm here for the whole journey for this dress.
Yay! So happy to have you along! ❤️
i love this dress so much and its so good to hear about the details that go into it!
btw re: flounces - i know you looked at the dress and said that the floofy bits on the bottom of the hem look like flounces, but in terms of the costume designer /saying/ that it was a flounce - if she is English (rather than American), its possible that she just meant a ruffle! i know some older sewists in the UK will say flounce, and mean the american 'frill' (i.e. the straight gathered piece of fabric).
I remember on an article comment about this dress, there was this mom who bragged about how the dress "wasn't that great and I made it for my daughter's 8th Halloween and mine looked just as beautiful". No. No it didn't.
Haha...ya, those comment....
I kinda want to see what the dress she made looked like 😂
I remember that!
someone find this article and comment and give us the link so we can see how “good” it is.
My mind is blown from thinking of creating just one of these gorgeous dresses. I can only start to comprehend the making of many!
Haha, looking back I think I was a bit crazy! 😅
Love the cinderella dress and can the dresses that Anne Hathaway wear's in the movie Ella enchanted when you have free time please?
I love this dress so much! I’ve been wanting to make it for years so I’m excited to see your process. I’m so excited about this!!! You’re definitely my favorite artist on TH-cam( in the fabric medium) Also, couldn’t you do both frills and flounces? This way you get to experiment but still save yourself some time
Aw, yay! I'm so excited to share it all with you! Thanks! ❤️
I was actually thinking the same thing! I think I might leave the tulle as frills (just because you can't tell as much!)
i love all the research and incredible talent you have its nothing short of absolute perfection
Oh my gosh. Thank you sooo much for making this video! I don’t think I will ever make this dress, but I can certainly learn lots from it’s construction!
Yes!! The construction techniques are so unique!
No word to say ...you're so talented 👏 god bless your future life ...keep going..go for it💜🤗☺️
This is incredible! I have always wanted to make this dress ever since I saw the first one you made! Thank you so much for doing this video series! I'm so excited to see the results!
Yay! Happy to be sharing it!
This is perfect timing for this project! Last week I decided I want to make a dress heavily inspired by it but don't really know where to start!
Please do flounces!!!!!! At least for one layer...
Yay!! Yes...probably will!
Girl, I would do ruffles instead of flounces too. You are one person. 👏👏👏 I love flounces, but hate sewing them.
The v at the waist is probably to limit the amount of volume in the waist and to let the corset sit flat.
probably to help movement as well
Thank you soooo much for making this! I am really excited for the next videos, as it's my biggest dream to one day make this dress for myself! But I still have a lot to learn and money to save to actually start this project hahaha So again thank you very very much for putting so much time into making these videos and the pdf! Very very helpful
You're very welcome! Happy to be sharing it all! This dress definitely needs a large budget!
Thank you so much! ❤️
I don't know much about clothes but I do paint models so I can appreciate the science/art behind putting many different colors and materials together to create something that looks amazing (and your pain in something that is tedious and time consuming).
What cracks me up about that gorgeous dress is that the dance was designed for the skirt.
This is a stunning dress and your replicas look stunning as well. Glad you had the time to do this again, although, not sure why you feel the need for a seventh dress!! Can't wait to see more!!
Well, having one that fits me and will stay around for awhile is what I'm aiming for!
I could feel the anxiety of the frills through your voice 😂 Can’t wait for that video.
I was fascinated by the spiral bars in the steel of the skirt.
Your frills were awesome!!!
This dress has all the tricks of the business to make It light, and make us LOVE It like crazy and crazy to try a replica. Thank you to show all the reseach you do to make a beautifull work.
recently found your channel and just needed to watch the cinderella journey!!!! I'm loving ur content!! soo excited to see the end results!!!
Looking forward to seeing all your videos with this process!
This is amazing! I can't wait for the rest of this series. I'm going to attempt to make a dress similar to Cinderella's, and I know this series is going to be incredibly informative and very helpful in making my crazy idea a reality
Yay! Happy to have you along and to be sharing!
I'd love to make a white version for when (if) i get married, but tbh the color is sooo beautiful i might just get married in blue 😗
I am sooooooooo excited for this series!
I think another aspect I haven't seen discussed about the tiny waist illusion is how the big hair serves to both balance out the silhouette, and (along with the poofy bertha) create the impression of more cartoon-like proportions. You're visually comparing the sides of her *hair* silhouette against her waist for the proportions, not necessarily the edges of her face/where her ACTUAL head would be. I think it's quite effective and probably explains historical hairstyles in context (e.g. think of the classic Edwardian pompadour).
I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SOOO MUCH LOOONG.
I love love love this dress it is so breath taking in the ways it moves
I know...right?! #heartskipsabeat
I can’t wait to watch you make it!!
Bella I'm glad I found. Your ch.I don't like to sew but I loves beautiful dresses
So excited to watch you make this dress xx
Well i hope your version will include a duster in a deeper ocean blue colour, seeing as we're short of bibbidy bobbidy boos!
yess i've been waiting for this for soooo long!
I was waiting for this project! 😍 You are so talented! Thank you for sharing facts and thoughts on how this dress is made! 😘
You're very welcome! Glad to be doing it!
!!!! I've been wanting to make this dress for YEARS!! I am so excited!! (Going to order the pdf later lol)
Yay! Happy to have you along! ❤️
Thank you, thank you, thank you for being accurate with your depiction of corsets! It's ALL about that optical illusion. Also, they not only had big skirts and tops to make their waists seem smaller, but a lot of women padded their hips, bum and chests to make it even more exaggerated. Tight lacing, like a lot of people suggest was done here, was just not a thing, it was only on extreme fringes of fashion circles.
I agree with you about historical corsets, they were worn for comfort and support and tight lacing was uncommon and frowned upon. A properly fitting corset also moulded to the body in time and were not torture devices like they are depicted in Hollywood movies! That said...Lily James herself did say in interviews that she 'was laced within an inch of my life' and that she couldn't eat solid food while wearing the dress, so I think in this particular case I think it is a combination of optical illusion, Lily James having a naturally very tiny waist anyway, and the corset pulling an extra few inches in (her waist was 22 inches in the corset and dress)
@@phoenixkh93 That's all possible. However, it's important to keep in mind that nowadays woman, and people in general, don't wear tight fitting, structured clothing like they used to. It's safe to assume that Lily James is just not used to it, and that can be a major contributing factor to any discomfort. Granted, these are assumptions. You make valid points.
@@angelwings06 that is true as well, you make a good point. I guess it would be like getting someone who'd only worn flat shoes before to dance in stilettos, it would take a while to get used to and would be uncomfortable if you weren't practiced in it!
@@phoenixkh93 Exactly! That's a great analogy.
Love your videos just bought my first lot of merch can't wait to learn,create and inspire xx
Awww, thanks!
I love your costume breakdown videos! Will you show and talk about what fabrics you have bought to use in this project? I'm particularly curious to know *how much* fabric is needed to make this dress!
Glad to hear that! ❤️ Yes! I'll be doing a full video looking at the fabric I chose for the dress as well as the amounts!
I like your channel and glad making this dress again, because some us like love learn how make this dress. I just amazed the amount of dedication you have put into this project. Also suggested please make several detail videos each part this beautiful dress. If decide sell sewing patterns can include alternative for fabrics to use this product.
Happy to be sharing the process! Yes! Many, many videos to follow with detailed info about how I making it...plus patterns!! And I'll have a full video looking at the fabric I chose and how much I purchased!
Would Like to see you recreate the ball gown from the Labyrinth Sarah wears.
I'm discovering your channel with this video and it's fascinating! I'm in love with the movie and with the dress and I'm always looking for new content and information about it (yes, it's like an obsession at this point ^^). I hope you'll enjoy yourself with this 6th project! Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
Aw, yay! Yes...I do believe I'm addicted to this dress... Happy to have you along!
@@BellaMaesDesignsis the 🎉😢😂😊
So the godets at the waistline are there to reduce bulk so that she does not appear bigger in that area. Also the sewing term for a "frill" is a ruffle. The flounces are used instead of a ruffle to again reduce bulk. I also see no white in the underlayers except in areas that don't show as the fabric is probably a cheaper fabric.
Eeeee!!! I'm so excited!!!
Thank you for bringing up the optical illusion. lt always botlers me that no one notices how hoge the skirt and shoulders are or oven consider lames.
I am super excited for this series. Thank you for all the work you put into the research! On the note of the godet laters to the petticoat, would it be safe to say they constructed it so unconventionally in order to reduce bulk at the waist seam (really o help with that tiny waist illusion)?
Yay! So happy to be sharing it! Yes, that's my thought exactly! ❤️
Hey Bella, the hem on the frills maybe rolled hem with the fishing line with an overlooker and special foot attachment to feed the fishing line as you sew. Also the frill on the under garment / pant hem looks to me as though it's cut on the bias to prevent fraying to the raw edge.💜💜🤔😊
Yes, exactly! This is how I hemmed the frills for many of the petticoats...but the issue comes when/if I choose flounces. Rolled hems don't do well with curved hems...
I am so going to recreate this! I will however change a few things for starters I really don’t understand why there’s butterflies on the Bertha I just don’t get it, instead I’m going to put slightly larger crystals maybe some glitter idk yet. And for the bodice I understand why you need to wear a corset and then the bodice but I feel like combining the two together in my head it makes more sense that way. I think that’s all I’m going to change for now
Bella you are a genius. Only 22 yrs old and a designer.
I am excited to see this! Best wishes!
I've seen the actual dress at an exhibition in LA. It's pretty amazing.
I loved the dress Liesle Ann Warren had.
They made 8 different versions and there's two different types of cages if you look at the one the lady's are all sitting around on the floor from the newspaper article and the one on i'ts own with a single see through petticoat on, the rings are arranged differently. :) the woman in blue shirt on the floor in newspaper article looks exactly like my mum! We made this dress and you can see our whole tutorial on my channel and website. This dres was not light as a feather when we finished it! :)
That could be true with the crinoline....I thought the same thing. But after making a replica of the crinoline, it actually does look like the same placement of the hoops, but a different view. The spot you see when they're all working around almost looks like the back of the crinoline. The back of the cage would look very similar to this. But at the same time, there definitely could be serval crinolines!
That's awesome!
This is the only live action I actually love. I am still excited to see Mulan! I did love Jasmine's costumes in Aladdin, and her reimagined storyline, but that's it.
the blue-and-white gored skirt you show just before 12:17 looks like a professional ballroom dance skirt--the kind they thread fishing line into the rolled hem...the fishing line gives lightweight fullness to the hem and makes the ostrich feather-trimmed skirts of such dresses flare and fly when twirled. i wonder whether they were using it as a petticoat...?
Hmm, I'm not sure!
@@BellaMaesDesigns thank you so much for including all of us in this journey. we are already having the time of our lives enjoying all your research. definitely worth a buck o' five. :D
I must admit, as pretty as the the ball gown is, my eyes never left the Stepmother. As far as I’m concerned, Cate Blanchett is the one wearing the best costuming in this movie. It’s just all amazing. A mix of 1860s, 1890s, and then also 1940s and 50s. Super avante garde, but grounded in different historical eras. Very structured, and just stunning! Doesn’t hurt that Cate is as stunning as her costumes.
So I think when it comes to this movie, it’s the costuming for Cate that is the huge standout, not the blue ball gown. Sure, that one dress is impressive, but not as impressive as the entire wardrobe of the Stepmother.
And I’m also still a bit salty about Lily James pulling the usual Hollywood actress “but the corset almost killed me!” shtick. Did it really, Lily? Or were you just not used to it? Also, she complained that the corset gave her gas in one sentence, and then in the next, said she drank nothing but Diet Coke. I somehow don’t think it was the corset at fault for her discomfort. Not quite as bad as Emma Watson’s refusal to wear a corset at all (nevermind that corsets wouldn’t have existed at the time Beauty and the Beast took place, she would have been wearing stays, and it’s probable that her refusal was one of the reasons why they yellow dress was so boring and awful- though to be fair, I generally don’t like Jaqueline Durand as a costumer). And also not as annoying as Emma Stone’s “uh, my organs shifted”. Honey, your organs shift every time you breathe! Get over it!
I may have a thing about this. At least watching Karolina Zebrowska lets me know I’m far from alone.
This is the greatest rebuttal to 'a corset cut me in half' that I have ever read-it's incredible how much misinformation on corsets there are in general-I'm a costuming student and I get into arguments with other students who swear that corsets deform the body (when there's literally no proof of that but I digress), but I agree-Cate Blanchett's costumes were stunning.
Faiirest thank you. That’s lovely to say. If you haven’t already seen them (though I’m sure you have), both Karolina Zebrowska and Bernadette Banner have excellent videos refuting those ridiculous corsetry myths. I love Karolina’s where she just makes fun of actresses pretending that they almost died “for their craft!”
The step-mother's gown are gorgeous! Sandy Powell did an amazing job! Though, I still love Ella's gowns the best; we've all got different styles!
And yes...can't stand all the comments about corsets "killing"!
Omg have you seen Bernadette Banners video on corsets? Omg so good and she goes into massive detail you would love it! I can't wait for the rest of Bella series I love this format. They're so many amazing dresses to cover.
Marebear I have- love Bernadette. I think Karolina has great videos - she tends to roast a bit more than Bernadette.
I think the tulle they mentioned may have been a sturdy but fine net used for one of the petticoat layers with a minimal amount of godets or perhaps the godets themselves? Just a thought
Thanks for this series. I’m really looking forward to it. Godet is a French word, pronounced goday.
I did classical dance for a long time, and the ''V'' placements were used to force the fabric to look puffy and more voluminous. I don't know what it is used for here, but I can ensure you it also helps distributing the weight of the fabric evenly in the choreography. It was more ''ergonomic'', if I have the right therm. Wtr, if this was used ther for the same reasons as the ''V'' placements of some dresses I've worn on stage, it can explain that we were trying to achieve an easy way to distribute the weight of the dress while according the fabric to be more easy to deal with in the walking/running/dancing situation, because any other ways of placing the fabric would feel heavier and painful to wear in a longtime, especially in dancing and running situations. If you really want to do the dress, I just really hope you will see my comment on time and be aware of the fabric placements, making mouvements in the dress easier and make it feel a little bit more balanced.
The best way to do a curved or circular hem is to first do a straight stitch along the edge, preferably on paper to help keep it's shape, then after taking the paper off you fold the hem over with the straight stitching on the edge and then zig zag over the stitched fold and cut away the excess carefully.
I'm not up for making a reconstruction of a gown this intense, but the fishing line and metallic thread to make flounces pretty really made me want to try that on a project! The horrors of frills is only terrible if you're doing a Cinderella gown's worth of them, right?... What am I getting myself into? XD Thanks for the beautiful video!
I love your ball gown its unique and creatively classy, except the butterfly on it but i think the butterfly is base of the movie story and love blue color. I entirely agreed with you her waist looks a lot tiny because of the gown is huge...it makes sense.
Oooh, so fun, Bella!!
I am so excited to watch you recreate this dress. What always fascinated me about the dress was how the skirt rippled like water when she ran in it. It seems counterintuitive for something so massive to flow like that. Do you think this is the result of the yumissima fabric?
Just as a thought, I think there is fabric between the bottom two hoops of the crinoline. In the picture you showed, this section looks slightly more opaque, so I am guessing it is the same transparent fabric they used for the first petticoat layer.
As for flounces vs frills, I value your sanity, but I also started chanting "Do it!" like a drunk frat boy the moment you mentioned you were considering flounces.
Happy to have you along! I know...it makes me fall in love with it over and over and over again! I do think the floating look of the skirt is definitely due to the yumissima! And then the design of the petticoat contributes a whole lot to how they move!
Ya, I actually noticed that about the crinoline...forgot to mention it. I think it might "fill" in those gaps of the hoops so that the frills don't get stuck in the gaps (it happened on one of my replicas.)
Haha, a lot of people are saying that...so I probably will! 😅
@@BellaMaesDesigns I didn't even think about the ruffles getting caught in the crinoline. That's a really good point.
OK I never actually realized the difference between frills and flounces. But I don't quite understand why the amount of work is so different... Is it just from the cutting of the rounded shapes instead of straight pieces of fabric? Because I would have thought that, on the contrary, as there is less gathering involved in flounces, it would be quicker to make, even if it is more fabric consuming...
By the way, your work is amazing, I can't wait to see the following episodes :)
Hemming a curved edge is a pain in the rear. I believe Bella Mae has a video explaining how to hem circle skirts that goes into more detail as to why.
Exactly what Kirsten said! Hemming curves is a PAIN! And the gathering more or less doesn't really save and add extra time...especially when using a gathering foot. Plus cutting out straight pieces of fabric is much easier that curved pieces because you can't use a rotary cutter!
@@BellaMaesDesigns Thanks for the explanations! It is much clearer now haha Good luck with flounces then...
Thank you for bringing up the optical illusion. It always bothers me that no one noticed how huge the skirt and shoulders me or even consider James natural waist size before ranting about cotrets. I wear a corset everyday and I am never going back to modern bras.
If I'm understanding it correctly, it seems like flounces would weigh the skirt down less and be less bulky, which would really help the silhouette.
Thank you for this video. It's very inspiring to me. 💖
This makes me so happy! ❤️
Simply enchanting.
do you know where you can get a corset similar to Cinderella?
Cinderella is my favorite disney princess
Hye
Can you please please tell the app or website for buying this chindrella dress????
Omg u really gonna be able to manage!? 😬 😮 😯 😱 👌 ✋👏