In a tale as old as time, in March 2017 Disney will lavishly retell the Beauty and the Beast fairytale in live-action with Emma Watson as 'Belle' and Dan Stevens as the 'Beast'. Bill Condon is responsible for reimagining Disney's 1991 animated classic for the big screen, as a young woman visits a prince for the first time since he has been enchanted in a beastly form and he can only be transformed back by true love.
Original Beauty and the Beast live-action movie costumes
These iconic looks for
Belle and the
Beast were photographed on display at
ArcLight Sherman Oaks cinema on December 21, 2016, and were brought to life by
Costume Designer Jacqueline Durran, and you can also see her
Oscar-winning costumes from Anna Karenina here on my blog.
Beauty and the Beast movie poster
Emma Watson's timeless looking gown is made of yellow satin organza, with her bodice layers of net giving a feathered effect. Apparently for
Emma Watson's active princess she didn't want a heavy corseted dress that would impede her in any way, and there is a cage under some parts to add volume, but it's mainly the organza layers that add the dress its lightness.
Yellow ball gown worn by Emma Watson as Belle
in Beauty and the Beast
The gold accents of the dress are
Madame De Garderobe's gift to
Belle, and the gold flies down from the rococo ceiling to magically add a final layer to the dress, which in real life was printed with gold leaf and glitter to echo the ballroom floor.
Fans of the actress can also check out her
Hermione Granger costumes and props from Harry Potter and her
movie costume from The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Beast costume worn by Dan Stevens
in Beauty and the Beast
Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens plays the cursed prince in this movie adaptation of the fairytale classic and used stilts to achieve the height of the
Beast on the practical sets acting opposite
Emma Watson and wore a motion-capture suit for the creature's movement, plus also had his face scanned and mapped to help create the
CGI version of the enchanted monster's face.
Bell jar with rose prop from Beauty and the Beast
For more fairytale-inspired costumes, be sure to also check out these live-action
Cinderella movie costumes and these
Into the Woods film costumes.
Plus stay tuned in the coming days for even more fabulous
costumes and screen-used props from Disney's new Beauty and the Beast movie.
Oscar-nominated Beauty and the Beast movie costumes on display
UPDATED: Here's also the
Oscar-nominated costumes on display under different lighting at
Downtown L.A.'s FIDM Museum on February 6, 2018.
Beauty and the Beast movie poster
