The costume vault

Every girl, at some point in life, has wanted to be a princess. It has become undeniable that the concept of the "princess" is, for better or worst, inseparable from girlhood. We live in a "princesses" obsessed era, and we have for a long time now. And a lot has been said about it, with loud people yelling over the internet about the positive and negative aspects of it. So it was about time for me to join the yelling contest, I guess. If I'm going to talk about princesses, the logical place to go is to the Global Mogul Conglomerate that has led the trend and, in many ways, defined it: Disney. They have, undeniably, redefined the fairytale and have turned the term "princess" into a best selling Licensed Entertainment Character Merchandise. The thing is, even though princesses have been part of the fairy tale canon for a very long time, they didn't become the central figure until Walt Disney placed them there. In the tales that the G...

We all know that I am not the savviest person when it comes to social media. And, honestly, I am quite behind on the issue. Because of that, I decided it was about time to up our game and create a twitter account for the blog! Hooray! You can follow us on  @CostumeVault and share the love! What will I post? A bit of everything: quick movie reviews, dresses that we like, cute stuff... it will also be a great way to keep up with the blog updates. I hope to see you around!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you enjoyed this article and would like to support the blog,  consider  buying me a Coffee ? 💛 💛 If you want more content like this, subscribe! Or come say hi on  Facebook ,  Tumblr ,  Twitter ,  Instagram  and help us grow! DISCLAIMER: I claim no credit for images featured on this site unless noted. Visual content is copyrighted to its respective owne...

As I heavily remarked in my last article (click  here  to read), the Costume Design for the monstrosity that was The Huntsman: Winter's War wasn't really as good as everyone was claiming it to be. And because I am sort of unrelenting in my grudges and hates, I am going to continue hammering down this idea, this time focussing on the true stars of this movie: the two Evil Sister Queens. So, without further ado, let's get into the madness. IV. FREYA, THE ICE QUEEN That tonal dissonance that I pointed out in the huntsmen characters becomes a cacophony the moment we consider the two Queens in this movie: Ravenna (because how could they do this movie without bringing back the only successful character in the last movie?) and her sister, Freya, who basically becomes Elsa from  Frozen . Before starting, I feel like I need to clarify that my main quarrel about both their designs has nothing to do with if they are pretty or not, which most of them are. But prettiness...

When the announcement came up that there would be a sequel for 2012's Snow White and the Huntsman , you might have had doubts about it, but still told yourself (as a fan of the fantasy genre) that maybe this was going to be the sequel that we didn't know we wanted but still ended up being awesome. But you knew the truth, deep down you knew. This was the sequel that we didn't need and neither did we want; a quick cash grab that came too late to ride the coattails of its predecessor and was too weak to work on its own. And that became crystal clear the moment the first trailer hit the internet. It's really bewildering to think that they chose to do a sequel for a movie that, first of all, underperformed theatrically, and, also, was liked by almost no one. Both of these facts made for a very obvious end to the theatrical run of Winter's War ; it tanked at the box office domestically and was critically panned by everyone. But, being the huge fantasy fan ...