This was inspired by a session of staring at London and New York Fashion Week photos, but the original idea was of a reality show starring Disney Princesses (man, why a college student would be thinking of this, I don't know). They're all so beautiful and wonderful, but like normal people (especially reality tv show stars) each of them is a little weird.
So I thought of them as international celebrity stars of a wildly popular show called America's Next Top Disney Princess--and wondered what they would wear.
(If anyone's wondering why Rapunzel has such a nice tan, it's because I imagine her hanging outside in the sun a lot)
And just for fun, here were the little gossipy quotes I imagined each of them would say if they were crazy and mean reality tv show stars (but lucky for us, they're not). I know it's long but if you don't want to read it then just scroll down lol:
SNOW WHITE Rapunzel's just the new girl. She doesn't scare me. I've got the innocent short-haired brunette thing DOWN. After all, I AM the fairest in the land...
POCAHONTAS Oh, Aurora. I was on one of my morning nature walks when I spotted her in the woods. She was singing to an owl. I guess that's what you get when your spend your entire life alone except for three fairies...
ARIEL Mulan lets her dad walk all over her. If she wants to win this competition, she needs to grow a backbone. When my dad pisses ME off, I just get an evil purple octopus witch to turn him into a dried-up seaweed thing. That shuts him up quick.
BELLE You know, I'm so sick of Mulan and Tiana and their self-righteousness. So what if they took their dads' places as soldier and restauranteur? I took my dad's place as a prisoner! Sure, I ended up living in luxury and marrying my loving captor...but I was still a prisoner!
CINDERELLA Pocahontas needs to get over herself. She and a lot of the other girls get on me for my godmother helping me out, but her entire hero story is made up! If only she were as good at history as she was seducing older guys!
JASMINE Ariel and Belle are the weirdest. Belle is a total nerd and Ariel is always trying to start wet T-shirt contests. And they're both into interspecies relationships. Uh, ew. Neither of them have the class a princess should have, trust me on that!
TIANA Poor Cindy. All the girl ever does is clean. If it's not cleaning, she's clueless. Whenever she gets frustrated by trying something new, she goes to the corner and cries until either her godmother shows up or a bunch of mice do. I don't understand that because I'm used to getting the job done all by myself...and are those mice hygienic?
MULAN I wish I had time to sit around all day and goof off like Rapunzel. But my parents always make me practice my martial arts...and do chores...and study...and practice some more...
AURORA You know how Snow tells everyone she loves apples? Well, I found her high school portraits on facebook and it's clear she used to love apple STRUDEL a lot more...Good for Snow that you lose a lot of calories in your sleep, right? I guess I know from...personal experience.
RAPUNZEL Jasmine and I could SO get along. We both wondered what life beyond our homes was like, and we're both really into thieves...But she's always so uppity about her luscious, long black hair...What? Insecure? I'm not insecure about my short hair! Sure, it'll never grow again...ever...but...I'm totally...secure...