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Lewis Carol's Alice In Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland is a tale so rare that it not only provided our culture with an inexhaustible mine of artistic inspiration, but it continues to do so through every generation since the story was released in 1865. Despite the different takes on the tale throughout time, there has always been a fundamental elegance and innocence in the fashion that offset the underlying dark themes of the story. While examining the original tale of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carol, there was immediate captivation with the fantasy that Alice represents. More specifically, I was fascinated by the tea party scene where Alice innocence was first imperiled to the complexities that wonderland held. As people altered and remade the story that sense of fantasy lived immensely through the costume design, and as the years go by the costumes become increasingly exaggerated to the point where the costumes themselves come to life.
In films, the characters were defined in a more expressive manner, whereas print was much more outlandish, and focuses on framing the model. Specifically, dissecting the style differences between each media regarding Alice, the Mad Hatter, and the rabbit in the infamous tea party scene. In Lewis Carol’s original story he dressed Alice innocently in satin and ribbons while playing around with the Mad Hatter giving him a charismatic bowtie and a large hat, meanwhile, the rabbit was dressed in a simple Victorian styled suit accompanied by his iconic pocket watch. In 1951, Alice was depicted in Disney’s wearing a playful knee-length puffed sleeve dress with a pinafore worn over the top and ankle-strap shoes. The
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Alice, the Mad Hatter, and the rabbit are the most iconic and widely depicted characters of the story. We can see how each depiction effects the choice of style they are given within each media, and time

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