My Beautiful Wickedness

MALEFICENT -> Once Upon a Time, 4.21

I had wings once, and they were strong, but they were stolen from me.

ANGELINA JOLIE in MALEFICENT (2014) dir. Robert Stormberg

Well, well. What a glittering assemblage, King Stefan. Royalty, nobility, the gentry, and… How quaint, even the rabble. I must say, I really felt quite distressed at not receiving an invitation.

MALEFICENT (2014) dir. Robert Stromberg

Charlize Theron as Queen Ravenna in SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (2012) Angelina Jolie as Maleficent in MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (2019)

[Atwood drew inspiration from library resources, museums, books, web research and raw materials to create costumes that are striking in their intricacy. Ravenna wears a raven-feather cape, weapons-grade crowns and at least one gown with a bird-skull-adorned neckline.] “Ravenna’s costumes go on a journey from lightness, which you see there in the beginning [where] she’s sort of this golden personage.  But, there’s always an element of trapped death in her costumes, such as the skeletal cage around her shoulders in her wedding costume.”  — COLLEEN ATWOOD ➤ costume designer for Snow White and the Huntsman

[Maleficent’s most striking ensemble, for me, is what she wears to the engagement dinner, with the gold-dipped crow skulls as her collar and the skull-accented headdress. What was the genesis of that costume?] “It was for an engagement dinner and she is the queen. And she, under no circumstances, was going to be intimidated. She is there to represent her kingdom, her family and she needed to hold a very strong stance. She is the queen of the land, make no mistake about it.”  — ELLEN MIROJNICK ➤ costume designer for Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959)