If the Glass Slipper Fits
As a little girl, I always wanted to be a princess. My favorite bedtime story was Cinderella and as I slipped into dreamland, it would be with thoughts of glass slippers, fairy godmothers and prince charming drifting through my head. What little girl has not dreamed of being Cinderella at one point in her life? Before Barbie, before supermodels, before Miss America one woman represented what every little girl wanted to grow up to be: Cinderella. Cinderella has been charming children and adults alike for centuries and will continue to charm the world for centuries to come. Cinderella is beautiful, smart, kind, and she is, in the end, recognized for who she is: a princess. However, who is Cinderella really? When most people think about Cinderella they picture of the blonde beauty from Disney's version of the story, but this is not the only image Cinderella has had. Over time Cinderella has been portrayed in many different ways. She has been Chinese, Russian, German, Italian, American, and British; a brunette, a redhead and a blonde. She has been tall and short; chubby and thin. The image of Cinderella has changed drastically over the last 150 years, reflecting the changes in morale, society and fashion and these represent
Danielle is a girl who speaks her mind, is strong-willed, brave, intelligent and well spoken. The times had changed and it was time for a multi-ethnic cast. People of high rank often wore powdered wigs and the men dressed in tails and short pants. Marcia Brown clearly illustrates this in her depiction of Cinderella. His Cinderella was not overly thin; in fact she was slightly chubby. This transition was taken to an extreme in 1938 when Leonard Wilson created illustrations of Cinderella from the Big Band Swing era. In the UK, "Cinderella" was also being formatted for the Big Screen. The men in this version are also dressed differently. Then in 1950 magic returned to "Cinderella" in the form of Disney. 1997 saw a break from tradition as Cinderella was played by African American singing sensation, Brandy. This story "has inspired film makers for a hundred years, beginning with Melies in 1899" (Cinderella 98). He also emphasized "flat geometric forms" which mimicked the Art Deco theme, which was quite popular at the time (Clark 162). This was a Cinderella for the time. This make the transformation of Cinderella even more obvious and a reader in 1867, would immediately understand the nuances of the attire. This is due in part to the writing of the tale, but more so to the representation of the characters through the illustrations of first artwork and now Movies.
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