The live-action Disney Princess dresses, ranked

[Petrana Radulovic]

As Disney keeps rolling out live-action versions of its classic animated movies, costume and production designers keep facing the challenge of making attractive animated images look equally good in the real world.

Consider the Disney Princess characters: They all have iconic dresses that look gorgeous in their original animated outings (except Aladdin’s Jasmine, who rocks a pants-and-crop-top combination). In animation, these gowns are all spectacular. But how do they match up in live action?

So far, seven princesses from the official Disney Princess lineup have gotten live-action remake movies. The latest, Snow White, gives its protagonist a deeply… disappointing wardrobe, which prompted us to look back and see which remake team did and didn’t understand the assignment.

Like any good ranking, this one has a set of rules.

• I only included theatrically released Disney live-action movies — sorry to the Descendants-verse and the Brandy Cinderella!
• I am only considering princesses from the official Disney Princess lineup. This means Jasmine makes the cut, even though she isn’t the titular character in Aladdin, but Mia Wasikowska as Alice in Tim Burton’s take on Alice in Wonderland doesn’t. Take it up with Disney!
• Some characters have more than one Defining Gown. I’ll be evaluating their wardrobes as a whole, in which case a passable extra outfit could make up for a terrible main dress. Or not!
• No sequel dresses included. Sorry, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil!

I’m also not necessarily looking for fidelity to the animated version. Sometimes that’s not a good thing (cough, Snow White, cough). The outfits should simply look good, even if they aren’t necessarily direct replicas.

In order from worst to best, here are all the live-action Disney Princesses and their wardrobes, ranked.

7. Snow White in Snow White (2025)​

Perhaps Powell knew her Disney live-action remake career peaked in 2015, and she didn’t lift a finger for the 2025 Snow White? I get it. Why mess with perfection?

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