Friday, 27 January 2012

That Alice in her own Wonderland.

"Did you see the Cheshire cat?"
Even though Alice in Wonderland isn't a Disney Princess, and I got asked if I was her every single day of the summer (who else can you be if you're blonde, English and name is Alice yes?) but she's still my favourite character. and last year in textiles I spent the year designing my own Alice costumes that had more detailing on them, illustration embroidery around the hem of her classic simple blue dress that tell the tale of Alice in Wonderland.

I've since become oppressed with anything Alice, wanting all merchandise there is with illustrations from Lewis Carroll's original novel. Or even with quotes from Alice or the other characters, "Have you seen the White rabbit?", "I'm late!" or even as simple as "Would you like a cup of tea?" could make symbolic work in their own right. Wouldn't need to be on a blue dress to show what they mean, but printed or embroidered onto fabric then framed in the quirky or crooked style.
My own embroidery for an Alice dress. 


I think that this could be done for all principal characters of a Disney film, 10 simple illustrations that tell the tale. But each one needs to be symbolic enough to always work in their own right, so if just one were chosen it's still clear what tale the illustration is portraying.

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