Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland brought in 116 million dollars in the United States alone on its opening weekend. In addition to its box office success, Alice in Wonderland was extremely successful in the fashion department.
While watching this movie (all three times I saw it), I could not take my eyes off the incredible and inspirational clothes worn by the various characters. If you want to channel a little Alice in your daily life, here is some fashion inspiration from Wonderland:
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1. Alice
Alice, as most of you know, is the main character of the movie. Her style is feminine, but not overly feminine, and she is always wearing a beautiful shade of sky blue. Alice has a very effortless look that’s never rigid, because she tends to partake in adventures that require comfy clothes.
In addition, most of her dresses have a vintage feel, so a thrift shop would likely be a great place to find Alice-inspired clothes.
Products: Dress – & Other Stories, Shoes – Modcloth, Bag – Anthropologie, Phone Case – Anthropologie, Tea Cup – Anthroplogie, Lipstick – Besame
Ring – Etsy
2. The Red Queen
The Red Queen is an evil queen with an abnormally large head. As her name implies, she adores the color red, perhaps because it rhymes with her favorite saying, “Off with their head!”
In addition to the color red, the Red Queen also adores the colors black and gold.
Her favorite symbol is the heart, and she tends to wear structured clothing with an almost gothic look. Therefore, a red suit or co-ord set is the perfect centerpiece for a Red Queen look.
Products: Pants – Mango, Blazer – Mango, Top – ZARA, Shoes – Mango, Bag – Unique Vintage, Sunglasses – H&M, Lipstick – H&M
3. The White Queen
The Red Queen’s sister, the White Queen, is a beautiful, good queen who adorns herself in all white. The only color on her entire body is her deep shade of burgundy lipstick.
Her style is ultra-feminine, with lots of pearls and lacy details. If you want to copy the White Queen’s look, something ladylike and whimsical is the best way to go.
Products: Dress – & Other Stories, Shoes – & Other Stories, Sunglasses – & Other Stories, Hair Clips – ASOS, Bag – Mango, Lipstick- H&M
4. Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
The adorably funny twin brothers, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, keep the audience giggling throughout the movie.
Not only are the brothers humorous, but their fashion sense is also pretty interesting and easy to imitate. The twins always wear stripes, shorts and suspenders. Add a pop of color, and you’ve got their style!
Products: Top – H&M, Pants – H&M, Shoes – H&M, Bag – H&M, Hairband – H&M
5. The Mad Hatter
Ah, the Mad Hatter, my favorite character in the movie. The Mad Hatter is a crazy, eclectic hat maker with bright orange hair and lime green eyes.
He always looks colorful, even though his basic coat and pants are neutral. He achieves this by wearing bright eye makeup, a brightly colored scarf, and of course, his hat.
Nothing quite goes together with his look, which actually makes the look work. To recreate it, try finding pieces made from wacky patterns and bright colors that you wouldn’t normally pair together. This will make you stand out, as every part of the look make a statement.
I decided to switch things up here and forgo the hat for some on-trend hair accessories, the 2019 way to accessorize your head.
Products: Shoes – Modcloth, Top – Modcloth, Pants – & Other Stories, Bag- Zara, Hair Clips – Zara, Ring – ASOS, Watch – H&M
Thoughts?
Have you seen Alice in Wonderland? Did you think that the movie was inspirational? Which character’s fashion inspired you the most? Leave comments below! I hope you enjoyed this post.
* All photos courtesy of the Official Alice in Wonderland site.
Editor’s note: This post was originally published in 2010; it was completely updated and revamped in 2019 with new outfit sets.
I don’t really like Alice in Wonderland, but I just had to comment to say what an amazing job you did converting over-the-top surrealistic outfits to some seriously gorgeous outfits! Wonderfully analyzed and picked out in a way that anyone could wear it, without the outfits having to include including more unique and complicated wardrobe items that not everybody might like. But so gorgeous looking together!
This is SO awesome. I LOVE that you made the Tweedle costumes sexy!! So great. Thank you!!!
Fantastic post! Truly, the fashion in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland was quite possibly the best part of the film. =P
Though I adored the various blue dresses Alice wore throughout, I particularly loved the striking red and black number that the Red Queen gave her to wear. Does anyone happen to have a picture of that dress they could share?
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great post
i love the tights from the red queen look…i want!!!
i love the red queen, tweedle and mad hatter looks
great job
I want the red dress from forever21 but postage to the UK is very high.
The look that Alice wore in the castle was my favourite look as well!
But all of her dresses were pretty as well. The Swaroskvi necklaces are beautiful as well.
Awesome!!!!!!!! I want all of them!
Hi dear. absolutely love your idea of putting up those lovely oufits together to form the alice in wonderland different character. I have use some of your pictures in my recent blog entry about the fashion inspired Alice in wonderland characters. I did put up ur blog link in my entry. 🙂 Appreciate ur great work and the style of fashion of ur choice. :))
Am actually gonna attend a fren’s Mad Hatter’s tea party, and i still thinkin what i shuold dress up as, would love to dress up as tweedle dee or dum, but got no partner to do the other part. Mayb i wear as rabbit, any ideas what should i wear?? Would like to hear your opinions! 🙂
Thanks.
oh.my.gosh this is soo adorable 😀
Do you by chance use Covet Fashion? They just finished doing a series of style challenges based on Alice in Wonderland’s characters ?
omg!!!! i love this its amazing!!! if u designed these then youve certaintly got an eye for the art of desighning!!!!! keep it up and youll go far!!!! amazin
You forgot that the white queen wears red nail polish
Fantabulous! I love that movie and I love the outfits you made! Great job!
My daughter will be 10 on Sept 14th and her party theme is Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Whilst looking for sites to come up with costumes I stumbled across this one and the address has been put on all the invitations for the parents. The outfits you have come up with are awesome, affordable and so much fun!! I cant wait to see what this party will be like on the 14th…………hoping it will be as much fun as the movie!!
This is, AMAZING! Well done, they’re all really great outfits!
Wow Calli, I amy order them too! I have to wait until I get paid though, but I will def try to order them!