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Historic Belle

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Well, it might have taken me some time (almost 4 months!) but my next Historic Disney piece is DONE! :D

First I must say that I got the inspiration for Belle's dress more than a year ago thanks to this picture
Belle-Carolina Comparison by CaribbeanMouse

I just loved the colors on the dress and as you might have noticed, I used them in my own work.

Most people think Disney's Beauty and the Beast is set either around the time of the French Revolution or during the Victorian era, but I am not most people and set it around 1720. The BatB DVD I bought also proved to be of help. It was a special edition and included an earlier draft of the opening and this was clearly set around 1789 (you should have seen Gaston, he looked so silly with his powdered wig on :rofl:). Then I watched it again with the commentary on and the Disney people said that the version they eventually went with was set in an earlier time (take that, most people! :evillaugh:).

For the design of the dress I looked at Belle's outfit in Enchanted Christmas.
As I went through paintings from around 1720, I noticed one thing. None of the women, even the royals among them, did not wear necklaces.

The background is based on a screen cap from Beast's library

My Historic Disney series:
Snow White: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His… :bulletred: Snow White II: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His… :bulletred: Grimhilde: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
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moonlitinuyasha1985's avatar
I do love seeing my favorite Disney ladies in historic clothing. ^^