Their eye-popping colors and over-embellishments inevitably bring the Featherington sisters over in "Bridgerton" to mind. While Gwen's time-free aesthetic could be described as conservative, Cinderella's brash stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella, definitely land on the opposite end of the spectrum.
The Steps: Drizella (Charlotte Spencer), Vivian (Idina Menzel) and Anastasia (Maddie Baillio) It's been screened, painted and stoned as a monarch butterfly, which is fabulous." "The first inspiration was the monarch butterfly," says Mirojnick, who then found the ideal fabric in an autumnal golden orange. "Jimmy Choo also made Fab G's boot with a platform heel. Nature informed the design of Fab G's glittering and gender-binary-busting pantsuit with a voluminous ballgown-skirted wrap jacket as well. On the back is this massive bouquet of flowers that is just beautiful." "The whole entire gown curves continually, whether it be the folds of the skirt or in the waterfall of the back. Teaching Cabello to drape tulle layers on the dress form - kinda " Halston"-style - helped inform the flower petal-like layers of the skirting, too, "so it curves and curves with crystals and flower ," Mirojnick says. Photo: Kerry Brown/Courtesy of Amazon StudiosĪs for the silhouette, it was inspired by the famous glass slipper - or, the Swarovski-studded architectural stiletto pumps by Jimmy Choo, rather. Granted, her triple-wrapped brown leather belt bag does feel very right now: "That was the modern touch because I just thought it actually suited her and when she went to town quietly to try to make transactions," says Mirojnick.Ĭabello practicing her draping skills with writer-director Kay Cannon. So, Cinderella wears a simple white cotton long-sleeve slip layered under a corset-topped dress hiked up at her ankles, for practicality's sake.
I wanted this to be a bit more relatable, understandable and, I would not say 'modern,' but 'workable,'" Mirojnick says. "I didn't want to put her in a version of rags.
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Day-to-day, our protagonist is practically dressed for her duties, with an update on traditional 17th century elements. Her widowed step-mother Vivian ( Idina Menzel) isn't evil - she's just jaded and pragmatic about future opportunities for her spacey grown children, Anastasia (Maddie Baillo) and Drizella (Charlotte Spencer), and the daughter of her late husband.Ĭinderella's basement sleeping quarters double as her workroom, with sketches and pastel tulle-draped confections strewn about. "We have updated Cinderella to a more independent woman, who will break the glass ceiling," says Mirojnick.īut in this vague fabled time period, becoming a "businessman" is an unheard of path for women. The new Cinderella ( Camila Cabello) isn't pining for a prince, but for a career in fashion design.
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