Zendaya at New York’s 2024 Met Gala, which marked the opening of the Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion exhibition. Associated Press/Alamy May 21, 2024 Met Gala: what fairytales can teach us about modern fashion trends Cath Davies, Cardiff Metropolitan University The Met Gala explored fashion’s complex relationship with nature and the passing of time.
Photo by Laurie Sparham © 2017 Disney Enterprises, Inc. November 2, 2018 Disney’s Nutcracker: the latest movie to explore the dark side of fairy tales Sylvie Magerstaedt, University of Hertfordshire The latest fairy tale movie from Disney has a dark twist, so it’s right on trend.
A representation of the foundation Snow White story “Schneewittchen” by The Brothers Grimm. flickr/Ela2007 June 4, 2012 Fairy tale princesses get feisty Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario, Monash University and Deb Waterhouse-Watson, Monash University Snow White’s star is on the rise in 2012. She’s a lead character in the television show Once Upon a Time, and the subject of two major films, Mirror Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman. Not since Walt…