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From http://www.cosprop.co.uk, concept sketches for the costumes of Ever After, including Danielle's Blue Library Gown. Shows paintings that were possibly used as inspiration as well as fabric swatches (picture #1). Cool!

Silver-blue brocade gown. Floor length, trained (picture #4). Two piece with separate chemise (you can see that the chemise is absent when Rodmilla and Marguerite are rummaging through old dresses - picture #7). Just a hint of white chemise (linen? cotton?) at neckline and sleeves. Brocade overdress with scoop-square neckline and low empire waist. Full skirt pleated evenly into waistline, hidden by cording that has been individually covered by the same blue brocade and then braided into trim (picture #7). Bodice trimmed in gold braid and laces in front with thin blue ties (picture #8). Front inset of same brocade, gathered. Double ‘poof’ oversleeves narrow to wrist and split over the hand (picture #8). Attach to sleeve cap with gold rope cording. Trimmed at top and each poof with gold braid. Worn with jeweled gold ‘tiara’ and bright blue (suede? velvet?) buckle shoes - you can see them in the movie when Henry and Danielle are in the actual monestary (picture #5-6).

For more information on the chemise Danielle wears with this gown, see my Gyspy Camp Outfit research page.

For more images and movie stills, check out Maggie's EA Costume Research site.

           

           

   

Thanks to the cosprop.co.uk concept sketches, we know for certain that the vast majority of the costumes in Ever After were inspired by historical paintings, e.g., Danielle's Princess Gown, Danielle's Blue Library Gown, Jacqueline's Green Brocade Gown. We've been able to identify many of the paintings seen in these concept sketches (compare paintings below to picture #1 above):

Left to Right:
Ragazza con Ciliegie by Ambrogio de Predis
Portrait of Unknown Woman / The Artist's Wife by Hans Holbein the Younger

   

Other paintings with similar elements to Danielle's Blue Library Gown are shown below. Picture #1, left shows two-part sleeves with puffs at the shoulder. Picture #2, middle features a ribbon-tied bodice (possibly a combination of two regional styles). Picture #3, right has a similar circlet (see Danielle's Gold Court Gown for a full version of the painting). Circlets were worn in Venice from 1490 to 1510. The one worn with Danielle's Blue Library Gown could be either Danielle’s mother’s or an antique Rodmilla saved for Marguerite.

Left to Right:
Portrait of the Artist’s Wife by Andrea del Sarto, Florence, 1510s
Woman in Blue by Palma Vecchio, Venice, 1520s
Miracle of the Cross on the Bridge of Saint Lorenzo by Gentile Bellini, Venice, 1500s (detail)

       

Ever After Costumes - Maggie's research on Danielle's Blue Gown
Sarah's Ever After Site - click on "Danielle" and then "Monastery" for some great screencaps