In what seems like an effort to breakdown beauty stereotypes, BuzzFeed's Loryn Brantz remakes several famous Disney princess designs that replace the princesses' elegant, small and slender noses with those of their villain counterparts. The result is quite striking and opens up Brantz's question, "So a bump in your nose means...?"
Traditionally most, if not all, Disney princesses share similar facial features including large eyes, unrealistic hair, immaculate bone structure and tiny noses that are praised as the statures of beauty and good. The villains on the other hand have much more disfigured and jagged features that prominently include bumpy and larger noses. Brantz's altered designs showcase that the princesses with larger, unusually shaped or unproportionate noses no longer meet this standard of traditional beauty regardless if nothing else on their face or in their personality changes. Brantz's deconstructs the images of beauty and calls attention to how the masses are disrupting the traditional concepts of good and evil.
Villainous Princess Mash-Ups
Buzzfeed Replaces These Disney Princess Designs with Villain Noses
Trend Themes
1. Disney Villain Princesses - Opportunity for new merchandise and media featuring Disney princess redesigns as villains.
2. Beauty Standards Disruption - Opportunity for beauty brands to focus on diversity and inclusivity in their product lines.
3. Facial Feature Diversity - Opportunity for cosmetic surgery and dermatology businesses to expand beyond traditional beauty ideals.
Industry Implications
1. Entertainment - Disney and other entertainment companies can leverage redesigns for new merchandise and media opportunities.
2. Beauty and Cosmetics - Beauty and cosmetics brands can disrupt traditional beauty standards with inclusive product lines.
3. Healthcare and Wellness - Cosmetic surgery and dermatology businesses can cater to diverse facial features beyond traditional beauty ideals.