The Story: Orignal Cinderella and Movies

Talking about the story background of the project, Sharon suggesting me to read the original version of Cinderella's story. So I looked up the story on the internet and found some very interesting elements that I'm glad to use in my own project.

One is the pigeons who helped Cinderella to alight amongst the ashes. In the story, it's said that "(birds)odded with their heads and began pick", singing "The good into the pot,The bad into the crop." In my project, I simplified them into three chicks talking about Cinderella's wish.

Also in the story, there's a hazel-tree helping Cinderella when she begged "Shiver and quiver, my little tree,Silver and gold throw down over me". Here I drew 3 tree in the farm who can wave there leaves when them heart Cinderella's words.

I also watched Andy Tennant's Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998). What impressed me was that her two sister didn't have to be ugly or really so bad. It's that they were so beautiful and proud made Cinderella think the ball will be a place to find happiness. So in my project I showed two girls dressed up with really glamour.

Reference:
1. Cinderella by The Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Taylor (1884)(http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/grimm/bl-grimm-cinderella.htm);
2. Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcj9fyx6DXI;

The Story of Cinderella

Cinderella Pumpkin Carriage

Once I was talking with Brian about my project, he gave me a good idea of digging into different versions of the story of Cinderella, and so I did.

First I watch some movie of Cinderella. One of them is Cinderella 1950 produced by Disney. I dont think much of this version, cause it pays too much attention to the mouses and the cat, which make me loose my patience. Another is Cinderella III A Twist in Time, also produced by Disney in 2007,  which post a question that if the slippers didn't fit Cinderella? Will the prince still fall in love with her? It's some kind of interesting that it make you really consider about the importance of the dressing to a woman.

Then I interviewed people from different country about their idea of Cinderella, this including friends from UK, New Zealand, China and so on. And found that most people learn about the story from the Disney movie, which means people have a similar concept of this story. When ask the question that Why do you think Cinderella wanted to go to the ball? Most of them thought it's because she wanted to meet the prince, or she was curious about the ball, or she wanted a change of her life.

I also read some books of Cinderella. Most children's books of the story are really simple and short, but one of them impressed me a lot. It's Cinderella told by C.S.Evans. The writer enriches the story with imagination of the detail, such as what people think in certain moments, but that means he also changes the story a lot. Anyway, it's funny to hear something different.

Some Important Principles of Getting Dress

These days, I am looking in the principles of how women getting dress. I read several books about fashion and women's lives, and watched some teaching video by Trinny & Susannah, which was recommended by Mhairi.

By the video of T&S, I learn that maybe to most important thing of getting dressing is to know your body, to find the clothes according your body shape. It's suggested that we should stand in front of the mirror, look carefully and find out our body type.

As for body shape, I find a website named style-makeover-hq ,which gives fantastic information about the relation of body shape and dress style.

Another thing that matters is social expectations, which we my also call dress for the occasions and personal status. A skirt suitable to ball may not be a good idea for going to club with you.

Personal preference is of course important too. Everyone have their own idea about style, their color and their design.

At last, color is an powerful thing for the dress style. Different color has different mood and influence. And as Trinny said, there are certain pattern for people of difference body shape to follow.

There are certainly many other principles for getting dress, but as the time is limited, the body shape, occasion, color and personal preference are the elements I will really consider in my visualisation project, and I talk about them individually.