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Tear That Dress Off: Cinderella (1950) and Disney’s Critique of Postwar Fashion
Disney’s Cinderella was released on this day, February 15, in 1950. We celebrate her “birth” by reposting Emanuele Lugli’s witty tribute/takedown of Cinderella via her – and the period’s –[…]


Emanuele Lugli teaches History of Art at the University of York. Prior to that he worked for Vogue, wrote about films and costumes for the Guardian and studied architecture history. His favorite Disney movie is actually Alice in Wonderland, which was made at the same time (and in competition with) Cinderella, but is not quite as fashionable.





