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Eiko Ishioka was the costume designer for Mirror Mirror, but she died a couple months before it was released. She was a Japanese art director, costume and graphic designer. The costumes in this movie are big and colorful. They really support the characters. To start, the queen.
She has so many dresses. She has three different dresses of the same yellow-gold color. They almost all have the wide flowing-out-the-side look. Her red dress is my favorite. It has the peacock fan in the back, which she can take off, but the rest of the dress still has the peacock look. I think it's interesting that the queen and Snow White at the ball are both dressed up like birds. Snow White is an elegant swan that's white, symbolizing pure and innocent, and the queen is a proud peacock, with a striking powerful red. Her evening dress is flowy and has intricate details.
It has the more closed neckline that her gold dresses have, while her other dresses have a more open neckline.




Her wedding dress is the widest. It has a long veil and flowing sleeves. The skirt has vines on it with leaves and the bodice is like a flower.


Snow White only has four costumes. They represent different stages that she is in. Her first dress has more pastel colors. They look like spring, with flowers and butterflies popping out of it. It shows youthfulness. She looks like the original Disney Snow White, who is carefree and childlike. Her dress is the same style, with the puffy sleeves. Her second dress is her white ballgown, with the swan headpiece and wings. She is defying the queen by going to the ball and is wearing white, symbolic of purity. She is trying to do good.
The prince is wearing bunny ears and a magician's hat. He is dressed up like the queen's puppet. A rabbit can symbolize prey, the queen's, but like a magician, he eludes her. When he is out in the woods with Snow, he wears a vest or long coat and knee high boots.


Snow White's third costume is her woodland, adventurous one. Black and very deep blue. It is a big contrast, but still feminine. It comes off her shoulders, like her last dress does. She has black pants, but they are flowing, as is her shirt. Her bodice is fitted and has a leaf pattern.
Her last dress is a brighter blue and has an even brighter orange bow in the back.  It's very bold, unlike her first dress. It is more like summer, and the lace around the neckline reminds me of a sunflower.
The dwarfs have pretty much the same clothes, but all have different hats. Wolf has a wolf head and Napoleon has a hat like Bonaparte. Grub, in the front left, is in love with Snow White. He has on a French cap and a blue scarf. The blue is like Snow White's blue (more like in her adventure costume) but more dull. It could symbolize caring.
In the end, the prince wears a red and yellow suit. The king wears a ruffly collar with a red and yellow/gold cape and suit.
The maid servant still has the same style of bodice. It's a dark green, while her skirt is very summery. The man servant is still wearing a brown coat with a big bow and frilly sleeves.


The queen's cape is very detailed, but marks how old and faded she is. It has an autumn sort of look to it. It could symbolize dying, changing, coming to an end. She has pretty much lost all her power, and it shows in the colors she is wearing, and how she hides under the cloak.