In an article Emma Watson herself said she didn’t want to wear corsets but corsets aren’t just for small good looking waist, at that time women wore it for good back posture too, they thought of the corset as something elegant but nowadays people think of it as some type of weird jail which squishes the body.

Belle’s blue dress being hiked up always made it look like she went to the bathroom and accidentally tucked her skirt into her underwear and goes about her day not noticing…

Okay but IMAGINE if they had done something similar to the sketch at 1:53 in either version. I would die for those sleeves

The reason for the medieval background Characters there was the recycled Animation of That Dance bc they got in a time crunch

I always wanted the library from best's castle.

Even the "Once Upon a Time" TV series did at least two better versions of Belle's yellow dress than the 2017 film did. Their take on Cinderella's dress, though...not so much. If you haven't watched the show, I highly recommend it. It's the one series I would love to be able to completely forget about so I could experience watching it for the first time all over again.

Well the first problem the dress was not yellow in the animated movie. It was actually a really shiny gold. The other issue I have with the yellow monstrosity was the wierd ribbon thing going looking like rags that hang in the back. The bodice doesn’t even match the dress. That and if it’s not even fully floor length where you can see she’s wearing some kind of black boots.

They reused the footage ftom the end of sleeping beauty for the part when belle and the beast are dancing the end which could be why the background characters are dressed in the medieval style.

my favorite part is the shirt you're wearing

Great video, I love that you went so into the details of the costuming, what worked vs what didn't. It was very insightful and made me think about how they could have done things differently. Have you seen the 2014 French version of the fairytale? La belle et la bête has AMAZING costumes especially their green dress! Beauty and the beast is one of my favourites so really excited someone talked about this!

Nice video! Fyi, the medieval looking people might be because that is a reused still+animation from The Sleeping Beauty

your earrings are adorable💕

I think the fact that the costume designer went out of her way to emphasize how much input Emma had says everything. That is a woman trying to subtly tell any future employers not to blame her because the star and everyone else tied her hands.

Emma watson and paige o'hara

Belle would've worn the Chemise La Reine in the 1780s! It was light and more provincial than the crazy, opulent court fashions!

I think they couldn't recreate the gold gown because the live action Cinderella (2015) stole it, and just made it blue.

The reason the end ballroom scene has people dressed in clothing from the wrong time period is because that animated footage was copy-pasted from Sleeping Beauty. I know that sounds crazy but it's true. Disney copy-pasted their own footage a number of times. The waltz that Aurora and Philip have in their last scene is the exact waltz Belle and Beast have. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nsdkg5mJq5eYd3U.html

Hello, thank you for making this video. It was very interesting to see the comparisons and your (historical) insight. I agree with many of your points in the video. Probably the biggest pet peeve I had about the live-action adaptation (aside from the iconic yellow dress) was the Toms shoes. When I saw them in the movie, it just really took me out and it took a while for me to believe I saw them right before facing my shocked denial that they really were straight up in the movie. 😂 I did appreciate the layers of fabrics and patterned versions of the iconic blue dress Belle wears, but I would have loved to see more dress types. AND THE GREEN DRESS! I've always loved her dresses; I was hoping we'd get a French twist of Scarlett O'Hara's iconic green curtain dress from Gone with the Wind. Seeing this video made me want to see you react or talk about the French Beauty and the Beast adaptation, "La Belle Et La Bette" from 2014. (It's free on Amazon Prime Video/Movie with ads and rentable on Amazon video/movie and KZfaq). There are many diverse and grand princess-royal-looking dresses in that movie of which I think are absolutely gorgeous and deserve much attention. As I write this, I realize the 2014 movie kind of has the green dress that I was hoping to see in 2017 BatB. If you haven't seen the movie and you like beauty and the beast, especially one that takes a little bit more from the OG fairytale version but also has a very unique twist, I definitely recommend checking it out. Aside from my rant, I love the golden make up and yellow shirt along with the very cute earrings paying homage to Belle I am assuming. I love it when people dress up a bit based on the topic they are talking about. Overall, I enjoyed watching this very much. ✨✨✨

Although the 1991 animated adaptations is more likely in a 1889/1890 setting (and therefore makes the 2017 live action adaptation kind off inaccurate) I still love that the 2017 adaptation was set in a rococo setting. Still hate the yellow dress. And I wish that the 1991 animated one would have alos been in a mid 18th century setting T_T

I just realized the yellow bodice looks like a 1940s era blouse pattern I have.......

My theory is that the ending scene is not a marriage but just a normal party they throw .

Wait the photos of little you 🥺🥺

Emma Watson ruined this movie. What say you

I like your plant

I wouldn't recommend wearing Corset under any dress. I can tell you about them. They're very uncomfortable to wear. And besides this what Corset do to anyone body. A corset will gradually cause the core muscles to weaken, leading to back pain, poor posture and overall physical weakness. Cinching the waist also reduces lung capacity and pushes the intestines down

I am glad that the costume designer Mark Bridges won for Phantom Thread as Best Costume during the Oscars 2018, Beauty & The Beast too was nominated but I am glad it did not win, I prefer the yellow dress from the 2D version since it was sleeveless and lovely to me while Emma's looked boring and it looked like some cheap prom gown/dress to me. Coincidentally in the movie Phantom Thread, there are sleeveless gowns in the movie, so this is proof that you don't have to create decent and covered costumes all the time so that it'll be 'Oscar-worthy' which is close-minded. Facts are facts in the end, it was Phantom Thread that beat Beauty & The Beast during the 2018 Academy Awards. This is what I really think, and these are all just based on my personal opinions after all. No matter what, the Beauty & The Best live action never won at all during the 2018 Oscars and there must be a reason why they never won though they were nominated. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qZNka8d427iun58.htmlsi=R_xNJE1P_1_e1277 He did only won the Oscar but also the jet ski fyi, good for him!