Cinderella Would Definitely Approve of These 9 Gorgeous Ball Gowns

By Ivy Jacobson for TheKnot.com

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Watching Disney‘s new live-action Cinderella movie trailer made us super excited to see one of our favorite Disney Princesses fall in love with Prince Charming all over again — in a beautiful blue off-the-shoulder ball gown! Lily James, who plays Rose in Downton Abbey, stars as Cinderella, and was a little apprehensive about putting on the dress for the first time.

“When I first put it on, I felt both empowered and scared,” Lily tells Vogue. “How could I live up to this? Then I realized I could use that fear to show me how Cinderella would feel at that moment.”

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The film’s Oscar-winning costume designer, Sandy Powell, created the ball gown, which has more than a dozen layers of silk in multiple blue and purple hues in its skirt. As for the shoe that changed Cinderella’s life, the glass slipper that Sandy re-created is crystal and was made in collaboration with Swarovski, naturally.

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So to tide you over until the film’s release date on March 13, we’ve rounded up nine stunning Cinderella-inspired ball gown-style wedding dresses to obsess over.

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1. Wedding dress by Marchesa

2. Wedding dress by Monique Lhuillier

3. Wedding dress by Alfred Angelo

4. Wedding dress by Justin Alexander

5. Wedding dress by Essense of Australia

6. Wedding dress by Alfred Angelo

7. Wedding dress by Jim Hjelm

8. Wedding dress by Kenneth Pool

9. Wedding dress by Oleg Cassini at David’s Bridal

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