• Guest, Help The DPF Community Thrive - Join Our Donation Drive Today!

    We're launching a special DPF Donation Drive to ensure our beloved forum continues to flourish. Your support is vital in helping us cover essential server costs and keep our community running smoothly — This is more than just a donation; it's an investment in the future of our community.

    Join us in this crucial drive and let's ensure our forum remains a vibrant and dynamic place for everyone.

    Please visit the DPF Donation Drive Thread for details and instructions on how you can make your donation today!

Cinderella

Status
Not open for further replies.
Cinderella

Matthewlondon

Active DPF Member
Rating - 100%
5   0   0
Messages
1,306
Location
South Yorkshire UK
Poor Cinderella! She's the only character I don't have any merchandise off and yet she's one of my favourite princess's.
Nothing that gets made of her really looks like her The designer looks like barbie and so does the LE. Even the couture deforce figure of her has an awful dress design when compared to other characters she always draws the short straw.

Is the LE nice in person? I love her dress! But the hair and face are wrong and I can't bring myself to spend as much on it as I would the others.

Whats your favourite Cinderella piece you own?
 

I totally have to agree that pretty much all of the Cinderella dolls lack the proper look for Cinderella. The dolls never quite have the correct features 100%. First, there is the coloration issue that they always put her in a blue dress, when her gown appears to be more silvery-white when she is not in the moonlight in the film (but one has to also consider that back in the mid-twentieth century, sometimes painting animation cells ended up not quite consistent). Then there is her haircolor, which should be a darker blonde, maybe even a strawberry blonde (I always have the hardest time deciding exactly what her hair color is, but it certainly is not the frosty platinum blonde that these dolls always have). And apparently recreating that triple-roll updo from the film seems to be impossible with any sort of hair--real or doll hair--which results in the Tinker Bell-like top bun look. Then, they never get the shape of her eyes and nose right: her eyes are more rounded than the standard almond-shaped doll eyes and her nose should be a lot rounder and a bit wider than the typical small Barbie-like nose that they often give her.

So to answer your question, I think my favorite Cinderella doll is actually the 1998 Mattel Signature Cinderella doll, because she has a beautiful gown in the proper style and is in the palest of blue satin with white puff sleeves and poofy side peplum panels and silver thread patterns all over the bodice. Her hair is a dark blonde with reddish tints, and they made a good effort to try to recreate her hairdo, with no extra ponytail sticking out in the back or with a mass of prom-dance pincurls. Her face is rather Barbie-like, but I think she still looks more like Cinderella than the DS dolls (that's my personal opinion, and many others may not agree).

From the DS collector dolls, I prefer Designer Cinderella over LE Cinderella, because she is meant to be a reimagining of Cinderella in 1950's type couture, including her hairdo. But I understand if she does not appeal to everyone's tastes. I also love the Marilyn Monroe-inspiration of her gown, even though it is not very "Cinderella."

With LE Cinderella, there are too many "I wish they had done..." moments for me. The majority of her gown design is great, except the sleeve straps. Where things fall apart for me is her hairdo, which draws too much from the 2012 redesign attempts, but topped off with the mass of pin curls, which is a far cry from Cinderella's sleek iconic updo. Then the pale cotton candy pink color of her lipstick really bothers me, because it makes her face look so washed out. If they had given her a darker coral pink lipstick color instead, she would have taken on a more appealing look for me, even with the big hair.

My favorite DS Cinderella doll is actually the Cinderella doll from the 2011 DS Princess 10-doll set, but I had to take that ponytail and pull it up and forward over her bun and secure it down to give her a more sleek hairdo. Her gown is in a sky blue color, but there is not much we can do about that. At least it is in the proper design, especially if you give her a petticoat to give her skirt more volume. Her facial features are still all-wrong, but all of the DS Cinderella dolls have this problem.

Sadly, at some point, Cinderella became the poster girl for the "Disney princess," and whenever that happened, she became something of a blank canvas for female Disney fans to imagine themselves in her place. As such, very little attention seems to have been given to her with the intent of producing true film-accurate dolls for her. The fact that she is a popular blonde fictional character also made it easy to "Barbie-ize" her, because Barbie is so popular.
 
I agree cinderella never looks right ! And I love cinderella!! I think I am going to do a repaint one day if I can get a doll for cheap
 
I don't mind the blue dress because most people identify Cinderella with blue but it should be a pale blue not dark blue! But it changes shades so many times in the film, I guess it's hard to perfect the colour but it should be light blue at the very least.
Her hair for me is what throws her look! I don't think Cinderella is meant to be ginger or strawberry blonde, but In fact a darker blonde. I think the next princess, Aurora learnt from Cinderella and got a nicer shade of blonde lol.

Overall I like the LE dress, the colour doesn't bother me but the pale lipstick and the bright blonde hair really bothers me. It's a shame as I have LE Elsa,blonde Rapunzel, Ariel and will get Aurora so if I had Cinderella I would have all my favourites but she just doesn't look like her.

I think the 98 Mattel Cinderella is the best doll to date, it looks like barbie yes, but so does the Disney store ones and at least mattel got the colours right.
 
Matthewlondon said:
Her hair for me is what throws her look! I don't think Cinderella is meant to be ginger or strawberry blonde, but In fact a darker blonde. I think the next princess, Aurora learnt from Cinderella and got a nicer shade of blonde lol.
Click to expand...

Yes, Cinderella is the constant hair color-changing princess. At times her hair seems more reddish, but most of the time it is a light golden brown-ish (sandy blonde?) color. But in the movies, Cinderella is never a platinum blonde! Aurora is always hands-down a golden/ash blonde.
 
I recently made a Cinderella OOAK doll, she is wearing the most beautifull Cinderella gown that was ever made, the Mattel Signature Collection Cinderella. Her face is repainted and her hair is dyed and restyled:
 
lulemee said:
I recently made a Cinderella OOAK doll, she is wearing the most beautifull Cinderella gown that was ever made, the Mattel Signature Collection Cinderella. Her face is repainted and her hair is dyed and restyled:
Click to expand...

wow you're right about the dress! but I wasn't familiar with the doll so I googled it..you totally got the face right and they did not. I'm not sure why the doll manufacturers can't get such accurate faces especially on the 2D characters. maybe they should hire you as a consultant!
 
I love your Cindy lulemee, her hair is perfect! I wish the DS dolls could at least get her hair colour right - we have enough blondes already!
 
lulemee said:
I recently made a Cinderella OOAK doll, she is wearing the most beautifull Cinderella gown that was ever made, the Mattel Signature Collection Cinderella. Her face is repainted and her hair is dyed and restyled:
Click to expand...

Fabulous job, lulume! She looks incredible! You are so right about Mattel Signature Cinderella's gown being one of the most romantically beautiful Cinderella gowns made to date.
 
She is beautiful! Had to look up original.

Cinderella is my mom's favorite, so I tend to buy her pieces. I adjusted the hair color on cheap Classic Cinderella (one with dark blue dress that came out a few years ago) and switched dress to assessory pack maid outfit. So much better. You really have to because, as you all stated, Cinderella dolls are never quite right. Such a shame.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Menu
Log in
Register