If Disney's Designs We're Historically Accurate, This Is More Like What 6 Princesses Would Look Like

These are the outfits that Disney princesses would wear IRL.

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• Published in Disney
• July 26, 2022

For many of us, Disney brings back fond memories of our wondrous years as children. We watched different Disney movies or even met Mickey Mouse in person at Disneyland.

With all these pleasant experiences, you cannot deny the special place you've reserved for Disney in your heart. And there’s something about Disney that just feels magical.

When we watch the movies, it feels like being transported to faraway places. Whenever we visit its theme parks, the attractions seem like they’re straight out of a storybook.

There's so much to love about Disney, and that includes the princesses and their respective stories. After all, these are the characters that many of us grew up admiring and dreaming to be like.

We love them so much that we even dress up as our favorite Disney princess when we role-play and maybe even pushed our parents into making costumes so we can look exactly like them. Even now as adults, we can’t help but get swept up in their fairy tale endings — who doesn’t want to find their very own prince charming?

And since we've learned about history, we're pretty sure some of you have wondered about what the princesses would look like if they were actually wearing clothes from their time. And we're going to deliver exactly that in today's post.

1. Princess Jasmine

The costume is inspired from the clothes of women in 300 A.D. Also note that Genie says this to Aladdin:

First, that fez and vest combo is much too third century.

In other words, the setting used in the movie is the fourth century.

Compare the outfits side by side.

2. Princess Aurora

If Aurora were real person, she would probably by wearing dresses from 1300 A.D. This line by Prince Philip gives the setting away:

Now, Father, you’re living in the past! This is the 14th century!

Now, compare the two dresses.

3. Snow White

Snow White would probably be wearing dresses by women during the 1500s in Germany. If you can recall the dwarfs were yodeling in the movie.

The first recording of this form of singing was from 1545. So maybe Snow White was set years after that.

Moreover, the home of the seven dwarfs were adorned with carved instruments and furniture made of wood. These designs are normal in the country's Black Forest region.

Compare the dresses

4. Pocahontas

The film is based on the real Pocahontas, the Native American woman brought to England. She was born in 1596.

Look at their outfits side by side.

5. Belle

During the castle tour by Cogsworth, he mentioned designs that came from the 17th to 18th century. Furthermore, since the Beast is a prince, this means that the story took place before the French Revolution, a time when aristocracy existed in the country.

Disney's design what what Belle would have looked like IRL.

6. Tiana

Tiana's mom mentions New Orleans in the film. Also, the prominence of jazz music and the titular character's drop-waisted skirt tells us that it's set in the 1920s

Compare Tiana's outfits.

There may be similarities, but there are also huge differences between the designs and the real-life dresses.

And let's be honest. Disney is a franchise.

In other words, they intended to make these characters appeal to a younger audience — even if it means diverting the design plans from what's written in history.

Check out these two other artistic interpretations of historically accurate Disney princesses here:

Illustrator Depicts Disney Characters In A More Historically Accurate Style

and: Disney Princesses Artistically Redesigned Wearing Dresses That Would Be Historically Accurate

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