Disneyland Paris is celebrating their 20th anniversary! Well, the actual anniversary was in 2012 but they’ve extended the celebration through September of this year. To mark the start of the extended celebration, the park had a ‘Designers of Dreams’ runway show to showcase Disney character costumes re-imagined by top European designers. Nine designers took up the challenge to re-create runway looks especially for Disney characters.
Lanvin’s Creative Director Alber Elbaz created a custom-look for Minnie Mouse inspired by a runway look from the Fall 2012 collection (this one).
Hat designer Philip Treacy designed a Peter Pan inspired topper.
German designer Michalsky dreamed up a new gown for Cinderella.
Hopefully Minnie gets to wear her Lanvin dress for other special occasions. Her red-and-white polka dots are classic but this update from Alber Elbaz is really fun. Too bad Mickey didn’t get a new tux. Check out behind-the-scenes videos of the runway show and the making of the Lanvin dress. Here and here.