Rating Disney Princess Dresses on Historical Accuracy (Part One)

PART TWO: https://youtu.be/vk9nbEdemPo

This video was a monster to research/edit! But regardless, I'm still fueled to do Part 2 very soon. Please be kind if there are any errors ?

REVISIONS:
- Sleeping Beauty takes place in France? - Based off of Perrault's story as well (For the locations/time periods of these princesses, I didn't have a straightforward "choosing method." I mostly looked at original stories as well as the time period likely depicted in the movie and then deduced from there. They are, in no way, conclusive!

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Further Reading ⬇️

Mentioned Videos:
https://youtu.be/XfY11hBWz_0
https://youtu.be/4CUg424lmG4

Snow White
https://cerridwencreations.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/5/6/10561349/schneewittchen_a_s.pdf

Cinderella
https://www.frieze.com/article/how-luxurious-silhouettes-christian-diors-new-look-shook-wartime-ascetism
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/03/cinderella-the-ultimate-postwar-makeover-story/387229/https://historicalsewing.com/how-do-you-know-its-a-1870s-bustle-dress

Aurora
http://cottesimple.com/fitted-dress/fitted-dress-neckline/
https://medievalhomecompanion.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/women-clothing-10072016.pdf
http://www.bayrose.org/AandS/handouts/Sideless_Surcoat_web.pdf
https://rosaliegilbert.com/kirtles.html

Jasmine
https://medium.com/@saarahasaghir/decolonizing-princess-jasmine-through-design-c32fc57ea975
https://sayyidajahanara.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/baghdad-costume.pdf
https://www.abbasidstudies.org/abbasids/clothing/
http://www.12thnight.atlantia.sca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Abbasid-Clothing.pdf

Pocahontas
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19950621&id=6LUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZM8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3611,1163488
https://ew.com/article/1995/06/16/pocahontas-needed-ethnic-look/
https://www.historyisfun.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Powhatan-Indian-World.pdf
https://cottageburner.tumblr.com/post/625242070349676545/left-unedited-screencaps-from-disneys
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08841233.2012.640252?needAccess=true
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/jame1/moretti-langholtz/appendixa1.htm#:~:text=An%20example%20of%20peak%2C%20runtee,at%20the%20time%20of%20contact.

For Cinderella, Belle, and Ariel, I mainly used my books:
How to Read a Dress by Lydia Edwards
Survey of Historic Costume by Phyllis G. Tortora & Sara B. Marcketti
Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style by DK Publishing

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