Behind The Look - Aladdin

Reimagining Disney’s animated classic Aladdin for a live-action version meant a whole new wardrobe for Jasmine. Costume designer Michael Wilkinson and actress Naomi Scott discuss the key motifs and silhouettes of Jasmine’s outfits that reflect a more modern look for Agrabah’s princess.

- Piya Sinha-roy

1 GOING INCOGNITO

Itching to escape the palace confines and wander Agrabah’s markets, Jasmine borrows a breezy outfit modeled on the Indian salwar kameez—a tunic over tapered trousers—from her handmaiden Dalia. “Rather than putting her in a big dark cape, where she would stand out because the people in the marketplace are quite colorful and bright, we thought we’d have fun with this,” says Wilkinson. For Scott, it was the pop of yellow and bright hem that made the outfit. “Sometimes the simpler costumes are the ones you just love the most,” she says.

2 MEET THE PRINCESS