All about ‘Beauty’
Collaborations from clothes to the kitchen sing film’s praises
Gertrude Stein once wrote, “Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.” But she might have ended up regretting those words after seeing the dizzying number of fashion and home collaborations inspired by that very bloom, which has a major role in Disney’s new, live-action film “Beauty and the Beast,” starring Emma Watson.
For the new flick based on the studio’s 1991 animated feature of the same name, Disney teamed up with a variety of brands, including a luxury cookware label (hence, the cornflower blue, rose-adorned Le Creuset soup pot) and high-fashion items (Christopher Kane’s sartorial take on the beloved story). Also in the mix of Belle- and Beast-inspired fashion and home products is a limitededition Swarovski-crystal-bedazzled yellow Juicy Couture bomber jacket.
Going beyond roses and the yellow of Belle’s signature dress, these designer collaborations touch on themes (Belle’s love of reading is captured in Judith Leiber’s book clutch), details (check out the stud “thorns” in the heels from Ruthie Davis) and references to characters such as glamorous feather duster, Plumette (played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw), rendered into a snake-embossed cross-body bag from Danielle Nicole.
Some of the standout pieces from this long list of collaborations appear to capture the sparkle without hitting you over the head. Items including MinkPink’s embroidered denim and SoCal-based Supra Footwear’s Rococo-era-inspired high-tops pay tribute to the film in subtle ways. And if you’re hankering for your own Belle moment, you can pick up several of these pieces and wear them together. Why not? Be our guest.