The Bewitching Beauty of the Black Swan

After an evening of the ever thrilling Black Swan, I felt so inspired by the beautiful costuming that I just had to dedicate another post to the beautiful art form that is ballet.

Amy Westcott, the official designer behind those beautiful Black Swan costumes, collaborated with Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the Sisters behind the label Rodarte, to produce 7 of the intricate tutus seen in the film. Although there has been some much noted controversy over who deserved the right to be credited for the costume design, I believe all the designers involved should be extremely proud of their breath-taking work; these costume really are a ballerina’s (and surely a fashionistas) dream!

In fact, the costuming for Swan Lake in itself is so detailed and elaborate, particularly for the Swan Queen, throughout many of the well-known ballet companies in the world, including;

The New York City Ballet

The Royal Ballet

Even as far back as the origins of Swan Lake in 1877;

and the Ballet Russes in the 1930’s;

Albeit the costume is that little less detailed but they still portray that necessary innocence and beauty required to set Odette off at the pure, virginal Princess she was.

Even after 15 years, the beauty of ballet never ceases to amaze me!