| Disney princesses are cultural icons that have been | | | | you buy it. Get your measurements, and don't fudge |
| with many of us since childhood: Snow White, Sleeping | | | | them-a moment of vanity now is worthless when you |
| Beauty, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, and others have | | | | get your dress and find out you can't comfortably get |
| inspired girls for years. So it's natural that some | | | | into it. Do some research on the designer before you |
| women look to those princesses and their dresses as | | | | make your final purchase, to see how their sizes run: |
| inspiration for their own "happily ever afters." Those | | | | mostly right, a bit big, a lot small, whatever, so you can |
| princess dresses can be hard to find, though- where | | | | also take that into consideration. |
| should you look? | | | | You can also sidestep the whole "bridal" theme and |
| Bridal designer Kristie Kelly has come out with a whole | | | | instead find a ball gown, if you want to go for the |
| line of Disney-inspired wedding, bridesmaid, and flower | | | | generic princess "look" instead of finding the specific |
| girl dresses (which you can find at disneybridal.com), | | | | Cinderella dress. If you go this route, you might have |
| including, of course, Cinderella. These are not strict | | | | more options by avoiding bridal websites in favor of |
| recreations of the dresses from the movies, but rather | | | | ones geared towards proms and formals, or just |
| inspired by the character herself. Ariel's dress, for | | | | generic "gowns." The same goes for searching offline: |
| example, fits close to the body but then flares out at | | | | hit up the formal stores just as much as the bridal |
| the bottom of the legs, reminiscent of a mermaid's fin. | | | | ones. There are also companies out there who rent |
| also has a selection of "princess" dresses to choose | | | | high-end formal wear: think charity balls and the |
| from. They all feature the fitted bodices and elegant | | | | Oscars. You can wade through their selection to find |
| tulle skirts we remember from our favorite ball gowns. | | | | something you like, even if you end up purchasing it |
| You can choose from a whole gallery of romantic | | | | elsewhere-many of these companies have purchasing |
| pastels, as well as the traditional white. | | | | options available. You can also try your luck in |
| If you decide to order your Cinderella dress online, be | | | | higher-end vintage shops and see if you can uncover |
| careful. The big disadvantage to buying any article of | | | | any vintage treasures. A lot of dresses from |
| clothing online-from jeans to your wedding dress to | | | | yesteryear fit the bill to be the perfect Cinderella |
| anything in between-is that you can't try it on before | | | | princess dress today. |