The document details the production aspects of the 2015 film 'Cinderella,' including key personnel, budget, and box office performance. It provides insights into the intricate costume designs by Sandy Powell, highlighting the use of Swarovski crystals and elaborate fabrication processes for characters like Cinderella and her fairy godmother. Additionally, it mentions promotional events and collaborations with cosmetic brands inspired by the film.

2. • Directed by Kenneth
Branagh
• Produced by Simon
Kinberg, Allison
Shearmur and David
Barron
• Music by Patrick Doyle
• Edited by Martin Walsh
• Release dates-
February 13, 2015 (Berli
n)
• Production company- Walt
Disney Pictures and
Kinberg Genre
• Distributed by Walt
Disney Studio and Motion
Pictures
• Costume Designer- Sandy
Powell
• Budget- $95 million
• Box office- $543.5 million.

3. ELLA’S
PEACEFUL
KINGDOM
PROMISE TO
ALWAYS FACE
DIFFICULTIES
WITH COURAGE
AND KINDNESS
ELLA’S
FATHER
REMARRIES
CRUELAND
JEALOUS
STEP FAMILY
FATHER
DIES
ELLA GOT
THE NAME
‘CINDERELLA’
FIRST MEETING
OF PRINCE KIT
AND CINDERELLA
THE BALL
ANNOUNCEMENT
ELLA’S
FAIRY
GODMOTHER
THE
BALL
DANCE
MYSTERY
PRINCESS
WHO WEAR
GLASS SLIPPERS
ELLAAND KIT
ARE MARRIED
SUMMARY

4. Lily James as
Ella/"Cinderella
”
Eloise Webb
as
10 year-old
Ella,
Richard
Madden
as Prince Kit,
Cate
Blanchett as
Helena Bonham
Carter
as The Fairy
Godmother
Stellan Skarsgård
as he Grand Duke
Holliday
Grainger
& Sophie
Derek Jacobi
as The King,
Hayley Atwell
as Ella's mother
Ben Chaplin as
Ella's father

5. COSTUME
DESIGNERS

6. SANDY POWELL
BORN- 7 April, 1960
NATIONALITY- British
OCCUPATION- Costume Designer
Powell began working on concepts for
the characters’ looks almost two years
before principal photography began in
the summer of 2013.
She even used 1.7 million Swarovski
crystals for the gowns worn by
Cinderella (Lily James), the fairy
godmother (Helena Bonham Carter),
and the wicked stepmother, Lady

7. MAHEEN KHAN
BORN- Karachi, Sindh
NATIONALITY- Pakistani
OCCUPATION- Costume Designer
& Fashion Designer
AWARDS- Fashion Designer for
fashion labels like The Embroidery
House, Maheen and Gulabo
USP- Embroidery
She did some embroidery for the
film, specifically for Prince
Charming, the King and the Grand
Duke. The coats for Cinderella are all
hand-crafted, although there are
some jobs that have required
machine embroideries.

8. Founded in 1895 in Austria, Swarovski designs,
creates, and markets high-quality crystal product
collections such as jewelry, accessories, decorative
items for the home, ornaments, and figurines.
Swarovski has a global reach and showcases its
sparkling crystal products via a network of own
boutiques and retail partners, as well as the Swarovski
website and Online Shops.

9. Lady Tremaine
(ELLA’S EVIL
STEP MOTHER)
COSTUMES

10. THE BLACK BODICE-
The bodice is a chartreuse that looks
yellow in certain light. The bodice isn’t
just sparkly, it is sequined. The sequined
fabric is then covered with black velvety
flowers.
The sequins are also arranged in neat
rows, and each one is quite small and
flat.
The contrasting flower prints in the dresses worn by Cinderella's
stepmother Lady Tremaine (Cate Blanchett). Her outfit consists of 3
main parts:

11. THE BLACK UNDERSKIRT
The underskirt is a tight black velvet column skirt
with a slit in the back. The narrow underskirt with
a full skirt and tight bodice is a silhouette that
appears in many of her outfits.

12. THE GREEN AND BLACK OVERSKIRT
The overskirt consists of multiple layers. There is a
green base fabric (silk satin or taffeta) that is covered
by a layer of black organza, which is decorated with
beautiful chartreuse flowers. There is a black border
across the bottom which is just the organza folded over
and appearing darker, and it appears that the organza
and green fabric are flat-lined together.
The inside is also green, instead of being lined with
black organza. Given the yardage required, double-
faced silk satin was used.
There is only one layer of green satin, a layer of
organza with velvet flowers, then a final layer of

13. LADY TREMAINE’S ACCESSORIES
She wears a pair of black
suede gloves; a black
velvet scarf; gold and
citrine brooch, earrings,
and bracelet; a veil;
black and green high-
heeled boots; and a
dramatic hat.
The hat is semi-

14. The eight-piece Tremaine collection — including a necklace ($1,690),
cuff ($599), earrings ($349) and ring ($299) — is reminiscent of the
jewels seen on Cinderella's wicked stepmother, Lady Tremaine
(played by Cate Blanchett), in the movie.
Powell, who previously collaborated with Swarovski for her Oscar-
winning costumes in Shakespeare in Love, wanted to design pieces
that could be worn in real life.
Swarovski's collection was ispired by Cate's character, Lady
Swarovski's Tremaine
collection features a gold
leaf and emerald motif
similar to the jewelry worn
by Blanchett's character in
the film.
Swarovski's Tremaine
collection features a gold
leaf and emerald motif
similar to the jewelry worn
by Blanchett's character in
the film.

15. COSTUME
OF
STEP SISTERS

16. The stepsisters’ dresses were inspired by the 1950s.
CRINOLINE CORSET

17. The stepsisters were supposed to be accessorised with hats,
pretty shoes and heels, umbrellas, boxes and baskets, very
much decorated fans with fur wires etc.

18. FAIRY GODMOTHER
COSTMEs

19. Helena Bonham Carter's exquisite
fairytale gown was encrusted with
126,000 crystals and star-pendants to
evoke a dream-like illumination to
the Fairy Godmother's enchanting
dress.
She is decked out in a fantastical 18th
century style gown with a wide ruff
made from layers of filmy ice-blue
fabric. The shimmering and floaty
material transforms her into a dainty
fairy, while the luxuriousness of the
gown conveys the regal quality of the
Helena Bonham Carter literally lights up the screen as the Fairy
Godmother — in a silver dress with 4,000 LED bulbs and have a
15lb battery pack on my bum.— and then proceeds to transform
Cinderella into a fairy-tale princess.

20. A crinoline is a stiffened or structured
petticoat designed to hold out a
woman's skirt, popular at various times
since the mid-19th century.
CRINOLINE- SKIRT CAGE
CORSET
The under garment that
boost up the chest area and
gives up a cone shaped
figure.
The most common and well-
known use of corsets is to
slim the body and make it

22. FAIRY GODMOTHER MAKEUP
The Fairy Godmother makeup came from an old
photo from the '20s. It was a hand-tinted photo with
the big dark eyes and peachy look. They had big
perfect teeth made for Helena which changed her look
quite drastically.
For the Fairy Godmother, the foundation they used
was a very pale foundation and took it all over her
body so she had this flawless finish, but they didn't
glitter her up the way they did Cinderella because her
dress was lighting up and there was so much going on
with the dress and she had a huge wig so the amount of
flesh showing was quite restricted. So it just they keep

23. THE
GOLDEN
CARRIAGE

24. First and foremost, the carriage is large,
very ornate, and looks like the real thing.
From the rubber clad wheels to the disc
brakes, Cinderella’s Golden Coach was
built to function, with details that makes
this coach more than just a movie prop:
It’s 10 feet tall, 17 feet in length, and
weighs nearly two tons!
The coache’s cabin is suspended by
leather straps and curved leaf
springs. We saw them in action when
two “Princesses” placed their feet on the
steps. The coach rocked softly–until a
cast member politely asked the
princesses to please not touch the coach.

26. CINDERELLA’S TRANSFORMATION
(the ball dance DRESS)

27. 3 Miles of thread in the hems
250 Metres of fabric in each dress
10,000 Swarovski crystals hand-applied to the dresses
20 Minutes it took to get the dress on.
IT LOOKS LIKE LAYERS AND LAYERS AND LAYERS OF BEAUTIFUL
FABRIC-
That’s exactly what it is! Obviously, we knew that it had to be big, because it’s a
ball gown. She did not want it to look like a big heavy old period costume; She
wanted it to look as light as air—really light. Especially thought about what it
would look like when she was running away.
CONSTRUCTION-
It’s made of several layers. All the top layers are the finest fabric. The top layer of
the gown is silk crepeline, a very lightweight, fine silk. The layers underneath are
made up of a synthetic called yumissima, an incredibly light (and very expensive,
about £150 a metre) material which floats when thrown in the air. If you actually
threw a piece of it up in the air, it just floats. They are all different colors. Together,

28. VOLUME UNDERNEATH-
First of all, there’s a crinoline over a wire cage. Then there are petticoats with
hundreds and hundreds of miles of frills to give it the volume and the lightness.
On top of that are the really fine layers of fabric. Of course, she’s wearing the
corset as well to give her that fantastic shape.
TINY WAIST-
Her waist is that small. I’ve read people talking about the Cinderella ball gown
and thinking that actually all the photographs had been Photoshopped because
her waist is so small. But it’s really her waist. The volume of the skirt creates
an illusion, really. Her waist is small, but it looks even smaller because of the
volume of the skirt.
WEIGHT OF GOWN-
No, the whole thing is light. It had to be light because she did so
much in it.
PROCESS TIME TO FINISH TO DESIGN THAT GOWN-
It took a team of 20 people 4,000 hours to create eight versions of this very special
gown.
Cinderella – played by Lily James – has to dance and run away into the night, and
Sandy Powell wanted the dress to look as light as air, a watercolour in motion.
It took probably four or five months. They had to find the right fabrics, try
different shapes, and try different ways of doing it and different fittings. Sandy

29. THE CORSET
A tight, stiff piece of clothing
worn by women under other
clothing to make their waists
appear smaller.
A woman's close-fitting boned
supporting undergarment that is
often hooked and laced and that
extends from above or beneath
the bust or from the waist to
below the hips and has garters
attached.
Final touches: The detachable
‘bertha’, which topped the
fairytale gown, was decorated

30. A crinoline is a stiffened or
structured petticoat designed to
hold out a woman's skirt,
popular at various times since
the mid-19th century.
Using the white silk organza,
dyed Turquoise, make your
triangles with 70cm sides. This is
attached approximately half way
up the foundation petticoat.

31. Frilling: The petticoat had flounced frillsat the hem, with a second three-
layeredorganza petticoat placed over the top.
Team effort: The dressmakers work on the petticoat. In total, Lily worea
chemise, corset, crinoline, petticoats and the dress – five kilos in total.

33. THE
GLASS SLIPPER

34. This slipper is constructed entirely of Swarovski crystals
and based upon a shoe from the 1890s that Powell found in
a museum in Northampton.
The slipper was a 3-piece hand cut Swarovski crystal. The
slipper “took a long time. Swarovski provided 1.7 million
crystals.
And approximately 150 hours were spent developing the
perfect slipper, with six versions made before the final
model was decided on.
Sandy Powell clearly paid attention to detail, like the
butterfly bow on the slippers, and it totally paid off.
Cinderella’s foot wear was of crystal, it was never made to

35. "The white pants was just to go with the white
jacket in the ball scene," Powell says. "The
light color pant is really not unusual for a
19th century man. They would quite often
wear sort of off white or a cream trouser -- a
normal thing to wear with a black jacket
even. The fact that I did make the suit tight
white trousers like riding pants because I gave
him white boots the whole time because I
liked the boots. You have to have something
that works with the boots. And fortunately
Richard had a nice, tight white pant."
PRINCE KIT
COSTUME

36. THE WEDDING SCENE

37. WEDDING
GOWN

38. A team of seamstresses meticulously cut, sewed, and stitched
together the elegant, to-the-floor–length gown for nearly a month.
Once it was assembled, the frock was given to the artists who
intricately hand painted flowers onto the gown.
For the wedding dress, costume designer Sandy Powell, made a long
sleeve, silk organza gown with enchanting floral detailing.
In total, the wedding dress took 16 people over 550 hours to make!
That’s the equivalent of almost 23 days.
According to Powell, it couldn’t be bigger or just the same shape in
another color, so she decided to go with a late 19th century look
(instead of the mid 19th century look of the ball gown) so that it
would be more streamlined. She wanted it to be more grownup and
sophisticated. She didn’t want it to be completely white and opted to
add hand-painted flowers inspired by 1950s dresses.

40. Cinderella's Prince Charming
Costume -inspired by Richard
Maddens character in Cinderella
2015.
The outfit comprises of:
Tail Coat: Pale blue velvet, decorated
with gold cording, beading and gold
buttons. Made to fit the prince
measurement this coat is masculine,
detailed. The epaulets enhance the
squared shoulder look and are
detailed with lace and buttons.
Jodphur: True dressage style
jodphurs made from form fitting
quality ponti jersey, with seamed leg
details

41. HAIRSTYLES

42. It took dozens of antique hair pins, handfuls of Swarovski crystals.
Hairstylist Carol Hemming had done a very good job in the film.
For the first half, at least lily was shown up to set with her hair in braids, as it
looked young and different from all the other characters. "Her hairstyle for the
ball is based on a test shot of Vivien Leigh from Gone With the Wind, and so
weaved and twisted the top layer of James's hair to create the illusion of a tiara.
Hemming pinned Blanchett's hair into a victory roll, using combs to secure the
various hats and feathers (all fitted, sewn, and dyed for the film).
For the stepsisters, they pin-curled the hair using rags, went over the ringlets with
a curling iron, and secured their updos with vintage tortoiseshell pins.
Bonham Carter's hair (a Jean Harlow–blonde, curly wig), her teeth (a set of
hyper-perfect dentures), and her nails (painted in a iridescent, frosty polish).

43. The production of the movie, is also
releasing various promotion events
related to the movie. Especially,
cosmetic and fashion brands made
limited edition products
collaborating with the movie. The
cosmetic brand, MAC has released
the ‘MAC Cinderella Collection’
inspired by the movie, as they
collaborated with ‘Maleficent’ last
2014. There was also an event giving
a movie ticket of ‘Cinderella’ to the
customers, who purchase over
certain amount. The Japanese
cosmetic brand KOSE has also
released Cinderella inspired
products.
Additionally, recently Disney has showed the reinterpreted designs
of Cinderella’s crystal shoes, designed by Ferragamo, Jimmy Choo,
Charlotte Olympia, and many other famous fashion designers.
PROMOTION

44. The design of the Palace itself was inspired by the Louvre, the
Palais Garnier opera house and the Palace of Versailles.
More than 450 extras were used for the ballroom scene.
The set used 5,000 oil candles which had to be lit by hand.
THE PALACE

47. A SECRET GARDEN