Look Mommie...Snow White is a Man!

In the spirit of Mardi Gras which will soon be upon us, let's check out a lesser known side to Snow White:

• At Hartjesdagen Zeedijk in Amsterdam...

Image courtesy of Meteorry. Used with permission.

• Running a half marathon in Tokyo...

Image copyright vvnd.

• Treat-or-Treating at Halloween...

A good friend gave this photo to me. When he was in 6th grade, all the kids on his block were dressing up for Halloween as characters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. But when it came time for him to choose his costume, all the other parts had been taken. It was either go as the princess or miss out on the candy. He didn't hesitate for a second before putting on the dress .

Snow White full cast (+ Tweedledee and dum). Image courtesy of Exchange Productions. Used with permission.

• Outstanding in a parking lot...

Image copyright mbrozo.

• And finally, dressing up for the Prince...

"Snow White Man" costume with a 42/44" chest size. Sold in the UK. Includes dress and wig. £21.95 (GBP).

Image via Atlantis Fancy Dress.

Snow White Pet Costumes

Just in time for Halloween, it's a Snow White puppy costume for the "trick-or-treating" pet lover. Includes doggie dress and red bow hair clip. Available in pet sizes XS, S and M. Disney licensed. Original retail price $26.00 (USD).

Image via Costume Kingdom

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Collared Snow White bodice for the larger discerning dog. Includes bodice, sleeves, cape and headband. Disney licensed. Originally $11.99.

Image via buycostumes.com.

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This doggie dress features a royal blue and white striped bodice, a ruffled yellow skirt, and two red bows. Disney licensed. Originally $16.99.

Image via Tea Cups Puppies.

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And finally, the dress that can turn any frumpy old pup into a princess. Sleeved bodice, frilly dress and red ribbons. Disney licensed. Original retail price $19.99.

Image via Pet Coupons and Deals.

Fan Art to Cosplay for Snow White Costume

Artist Claire Hummel, aka shoomlah, has created a series of impressive illustrations featuring the Disney princesses in historical dress. Her Snow White design, for instance, is set in 16th century Germany. She says on her deviantArt page, "I took a wide swath from about 1500-1530 to come up with something that still maintained the spirit of the original design...Honestly? I just wanted to draw those damn slashed sleeves. I want them SO BAD."

Image copyright Claire Hummel

Claire says she receives requests from cosplayers asking permission to re-create her dress designs, though no one has ever sent her a photo of a finished dress...until now. Here's a glowing example from costumer Chibirinoa who made the outfit for Halloween this year.

 

Image copyright Chibirinoa

Re-creating Hummel's illustrated design is an amazing feat in itself. Making it work in the real world is something else entirely. Yet Chibirinoa seems to have done just that. From her website...

Snood: The snood was one of the most annoying parts of this costume. It's made of a bunch of trim with hand sewn pearls between the diamonds and sewn down to bias tape with elastic strung through it. I'm wearing two wigs just to get the net full enough!

Bodice: The main part of the bodice is suede and has center panel embroidery that I did free motion on my machine. The gold on the sleeves was also embroidered with zig zag stitching to mimic the artwork. The rest of the fabrics are a loose weave boucle and a cotton eyelet. The back laces up with gold laces.

Skirt: the skirt is casa collection satin with the jacquard band and bias tape. The skirt had to have shoulder straps to keep it sitting high enough on my waist!

Muchas gracias to Hana Street for the notice on this.

Snow White Walks the Fringe

Considered the world's largest arts festival, The Fringe (short for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe) is held every August in Scotland's capital. Established in 1947, it attracts performing artists from around the world--in theater, comedy, dance and music.

Back in 2008, Snow White was spotted on The Fringe scene with another of her "fairytale friends".

Image copyright Graham Ferguson. Used with permission.

More Annie Leibovitz Photos

Back in 2007-2008, photographer Annie Leibovitz was engaged by the Disney Company to shoot celebrities as traditional Disney characters for the Dream Portrait Series of advertisements. Yesterday the Disney Parks blog announced the addition of several new ads for 2011 featuring more of Leibovitz's unique photos.

One of the new images includes Olivia Wilde as Snow White's Evil Queen with Alec Baldwin as the Magic Mirror. The caption reads,"Where magic speaks, even when you’re not the fairest of them all."

 

 

Two more photos feature Penelope Cruz as Belle and Jeff Bridges as the prince from Beauty and the Beast and Queen Latifah as Ursula from The Little Mermaid.

All images copyright Disney.

Additional images from the series will be included as special inserts in the April issues of O – The Oprah Magazine, People En Español, Real Simple, Essence, and InStyle as well as the March 28 issue of People.

Whitman Snow White Masks

This set of paper masks comes from the Masks of the Seven Dwarfs and Snow White book, published in 1938 by Whitman Publishing Company. Contains eight brightly-colored punch-out masks, each printed on a separate page. Booklet measures approximately 10.75" x 10.5".

Grumpy mask not shown.

Happy Mask

Publication date on back, 1938.

Halloween - Contemporary Costumes

Evil Queen

Child Size Snow White

Teen Reversible Snow White + Cinderella

Adult Size

Plus Size

These and loads more Snow White costumes are available from costumecraze.com, totallycostumes.com, buycostumes.com and a bazillion other retailers.

Halloween - Vintage Masks

Vintage Paper Witch Mask (10.25" x 7.87"), 1937.
Image via spanishcross. 

  Text on back left side of mask reads:
"PAR-T-MASK - Patent Applied For EINSON-FREEMAN CO., INC. 
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. --LITHO IN U.S.A." 
 
On back right side: "© 1937 WALT DISNEY ENTERPRISES". 

Additional 1937 Paper Masks from same set.
Above five images via emorabbit18.


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Snow White Plastic Mask, 1960s(?).
Image copyright Susanna Ryan. Used with permission.

Hollywood Halloween - Kim Kardashian as Snow White

Model and actress Kim Kardashian in the Halloween spirit at her sister Kendall's 2009 birthday party...

Image via Kim Kardashian Celebuzz.

The Art of the Disney Princess in Photos

 All images copyright 2009 Disney Editions (unless noted).

The Art of the Disney Princess (designed by Winnie Ho) is lavishly illustrated with over a 170 images of original artwork, the vast majority of which fall under the categories of digital media, pencil and ink drawings, or watercolor and oil paintings. Very few of the pieces are actual photos. Here's a look at the Snow Whites. Live model shot by photographer Ryan Astamendi, doll by Danielle Bedics.

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Bonus pic below by photographer Ryan Astamendi. Jasmine (with one very large, but stunning head of hair) from The Art of the Disney Princess. 

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Two shots by photographer Ryan Astamendi that were not included in the book: According to Astamendi, the Snow White model, Cyndi, is from Guatemala and is only about 5 feet tall. This posed a problem since the costume only came in adult sizes. Learn more about the shoot at his RyPhoto blog.

Snow White model images copyright Ryan Astamendi.

See cool shirt designs inspired by The Art of the Disney Princess in this later post.

Snow White Volvo Ad

Snow White has to thumb a ride in this Volvo ad that emphasizes the fact that the XC90 can only seat seven.

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Image via Ads of the World

The Volvo XC90. With seven seats. Sorry.

Advertising Agency: Euro RSCG South Africa
Creative Director: James Daniels
Art Director: Laura May Vale
Copywriter: Justin Wanliss
Photographer: Clive Stewart
 

Elisabetta Canalis As Snow White

According to The Hollywood Gossip, back in 2007, Italian model and actress Elisabetta Canalis was seen dressed like Snow White for an outdoor photo shoot. Why? The online gossip site never got the details.

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Elisabetta Canalis image via The Hollywood Gossip

Dream Portrait Series

Annie Leibovitz's Dream Portrait Series, a Disney advertisement campaign (for the Year of a Million Dreams) featuring celebrities as traditional Disney characters, first appeared with three images in January 2007. A second round featuring three more--including Rachel Weisz as Snow White--came out in October 2007. Four more were added January 2008 with one additional--Julianne Moore as the Little Mermaid--on April 25, 2008.

 Rachel Weisz as Snow White by Annie Leibovitz.

Julianne Moore as the Little Mermaid with Michael Phelps
by Annie Leibovitz. Images copyright Disney

Special thanks to the Disney Blog for the great original posts.