The reasons for Belle's blue dress may be subjective with many drawing parallels between the story's French setting and the classic hue of French Blue or the connection to innocence and purity via ...

The dress also works into Belle's feminist reinvention as a more active character in her own story, alongside the revelation she will be the inventor in her family; "For Emma, it was important ...

While it took nothing short of a (little) village to breathe life into absolutely everything in the movie, the hardest part was actually making this dress for 2017. Ahead of Beauty and the Beast ...

Belle's look in the opening scene has some major upgrades, costume designer Jacqueline Durran told WWD. Instead of heeled pumps, she wears boots. Her apron doubles as a tool belt.