iheartdisney91
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i love the new designs, and i can not wait for Ariel's to become real in the parks!
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Princesses getting new look
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ExtinctJenn
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Is it just me or in that pic comparing old and new does it look like Auroa got a nose job? Everyone else is fairly much the same face wise but her nose seems totally different.
Bryner84
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It baffles me that decades old characters deeply engrained in our culture need to be re-worked as though their traditional appearance had really been holding them back all these years. How far should they go? Should the films be re-released with the new made over princesses so today's audience can relate to the character? Should a new scene be added where Prince Charming sends out a twitter blast asking for the whereabouts of the glass slipper's owner? I am not sure today's youth can relate to going door to door... I would think that any tweaks to the park representation of the princesses would be to further refine the animation to real life transposition rather than redefine it. Their time-specific appearance is what makes them time-less. Homogenization really just strips their individual identity and instead of having a favorite princess, kids just like "the princesses". It's a shame that marketing them as one product rather than individual entities has resulted in a re-branding of something which should be static.
asianway
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Did you see any Soundsational pics yet?
heatherkatheleen
Well-Known Member
I think the added dimension and silly 'sparkles' to the characters takes away from the integrity of their original and classic image. And I hate it. Cinderella looks like she's being redesigned to be a Bratz doll or something.
awoogala
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the only thing they need to do is stop making the kids dresses out of the cheapest, itchiest, scratchiest fabric known to man. $70 a dress, and they can't make it out of a nice smooth fabric? Instead, they change everything on the princesses, and make the dresses cheaper and more full of itch! The new dresses for kids are awful.
heatherkatheleen
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I had a Belle dress as a kid (I'd say 14 years ago or so? I'm almost 20 now!) and it was decent but the crinoline lining was the worst. I have to admit that they have gone in a downward spiral since then, and mine wasn't anything worth complaining about since these are much worse. When I have kids I plan on learning to sew and make patterns so that they can have high quality costumes (that probably are not much more expensive than $70)
RandomPrincess
Keep Moving Forward
AND the Glitter! Dear God the glitter is insane!
heatherkatheleen
Well-Known Member
The worst!
Neverland Girl
Member
Just so you know, Disney updated Mulan's look again.
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hollywoodj
Active Member
I think the new looks appear way better in person when compared with the cartoon renderings. I for one was completely against them until I saw Cindy and Belle in person. The hairstyles aren't amazing but the dresses NEEDED some TLC badly.
nolatron
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+1! My DD has 3-4 dresses but she can't wear any of them for more than 10 minutes without a long sleeve undershirt cause they itch her like crazy.
BrightImagine
Well-Known Member
Ariel needs to lay off the mascara, those things are startling.
tinkerfairy
New Member
I actually really like this picture of the new Ariel, she looks great!New Ariel's look:
