Ten Iconic Animated Character Dresses

August 11, 2010 in Diversions, Entertainment, Girl's Clothes with 6 Comments

The other day I was browsing around and stumbled upon a “famous dresses” list from movies. It included the white dress Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch and of course, Audrey Hepburn’s black dress from Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

Then I got to thinking, what about dresses that adorn animated characters? I would actually argue that they are more instantly recognizable than almost all of the movie dresses.

Here’s my list:

Minnie Mouse

Nobody rocks the polka dots quite like Minnie.

Cinderella

Worn by little girls the world over.


Wilma Flintstone

Stone “pearls” and animal fur equals yabba dabba do!


Belle

She wore this in the famous dance scene, the one where everyone is thinking the Prince looked better as the Beast.

 

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Jessica Rabbit

She’s not bad, she’s just drawn that way!


Alice in Wonderland

A demure English pouf of a dress.


Marge Simpson

Strapless dress to wash the dishes? No problem!


Jane Jetson

The only dress on the list to defy gravity.


Snow White

A one of a kind, the high collar and red cutouts on the sleeve are key.


Velma Dinkley

All right, technically not a dress. But who’s gonna argue with me?

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6 Responses to “Ten Iconic Animated Character Dresses”

  1. Seana August 11, 2010 at 11:08 am #

    I’m behind all these except Belle, who is a realtively new “annimated” character, and not at all known to boys who don’t have sisters.

  2. gemdiva August 11, 2010 at 4:25 pm #

    I kinda feel the same way about Belle. Being “old school” I would suggest adding Betty Boop & Olive Oyl.

  3. Glinda August 12, 2010 at 7:42 pm #

    @Seana- Agreed, she isn’t as well known to boys, but my son has no clue who Cinderella or any of these are except for Minnie Mouse and Velma. I’m sure he will once his sister hits video viewing age, though.

    @gemdiva- I had considered both of those. I decided that Betty Boop’s dress was not her main identifying feature, it was more her face and hair. Her dress is just a short, strapless that I think if someone were to wear by itself, it would bring no association.

    As for Olive Oyl, she is definitely someone with a limited recognition factor. And I never liked her. So maybe that has something to do with me not including her.

  4. Cynthia August 12, 2010 at 9:54 pm #

    I’m ALL FOR Belle being on this list. I actually got a tiny bit upset when I realized that my husband and I miss the opportunity to dress up like Belle and her Prince at our wedding.

  5. marvel August 15, 2010 at 9:33 pm #

    I told my 5-year old daughter that Belle is my favorite Disney princess because she likes books. My daughter told me that was weird.

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