Cinderella | 灰姑娘

Original Disney Cinderella. Credit to ©Disney.

"A dream is a wish your heart makes when you're fast asleep. In dreams you will lose your heartaches. Whatever you wish for, you keep. Have faith in your dreams, and someday, your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true." — Cinderella.

My second Disney Princess makeover is Cinderella, the girl who never gives up hope in her life. She always dreams for a better life and keep fights for it! (not literally but she never loses her hope even she been bullied by her step-families.) Her key characteristic is "hopeful".

By the help of her Fairy Godmother, she has the most wonderful (for that era) silver blue gown with a pair of glass slipper for a night. I am not her Fairy Godmother, but I going to redesign her one-night-only gown. The purpose of that gown is making her stand out among all the girls in that ball, so it must be something different. She needs to be the "Midnight Jewel".

                                                                                                                                                                   

终于，我的第二个迪斯尼公主改造就是灰姑娘，一个生命充满希望的女生。困苦的生活从不打击她，反之，她却一直相信终有一天她的苦日子将会结束。就如她歌中所唱的，“要对自己的梦想有信心，总有一天，彩虹会出现。”所以，灰姑娘的寓意就是“希望”！

在仙女的帮助下，她穿了一件银蓝色的晚礼服搭配绝无仅有的玻璃鞋。虽然我不是仙女，不过我将要为灰姑娘重新设计一件礼服。在我眼中，这件晚礼服的主要目的是在舞会中脱颖而出，所以需要是一件别出心裁的衣服。灰姑娘必须是那晚的“午夜宝石”。

Hand sketch on normal A4 paper with Photoshop Coloured.

I got some inspirations from Marchesa dresses and I came out with this sketch. With her blonde hair and fair skin in consideration, a dark blue tulle dress with sapphires and pearls beading can enhances her feature. Also, with the nature character of tulle, it will be semi-transparent and without a doubt, Cinderella can't go with half naked, body-showing dress, so an under garment is a must.

Although it will be a magic dress, but I think I put a little (just a little) too much pearls on the top, it makes her looks frivolous. So, I decided to simplify it and it going to look like the sketch on top right.

So,

"Salaga-doola, menchika-boola, Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. Put them together, and what have you got? Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. Salaga-doola, menchika-boola, Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. It will do magic, believe it or not, Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. Now, "Salagadoola" means, "A-Menchika-boola-roo," but the the thingamabob, that does the job, is "Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo."" — Fairy Godmother.

                                                                                                                                                                   

我的灵感来自于Marchesa的礼服。考虑上灰姑娘的金发碧眼和白皙的肌肤，一件深蓝色并绣上珍珠宝石的纱裙将会是绝配。因为纱布的关系，这件礼服将会是半透明状，所以一个内搭是必须的（总不可能让灰姑娘变成裸奔女吧？）。

虽说这是一件由仙女变出来的礼服，不过似乎我在胸口那放了太多装饰，让整件衣服多了一份轻浮感。所以我决定简化它，让整体看起来更优雅大方。

The process of outlined and colouring. ©Sanzose Chua.

Taa-daa! Here is my Cinderella with flowing, semi-transparent dress; a complete set of jewellery; compatible glass slippers; a true mid-night jewel. There she goes for an unforgettable one-night dance with the prince.

                                                                                                                                                                   

于是乎，我的灰姑娘就完成了！穿着一件飘逸的薄纱裙，搭配一整套的珠宝首饰和一双玻璃鞋，一个真正的午夜宝石。