As for the Dress - the magical raiment that arrives courtesy
of Cinderella’s scatterbrained fairy godmother (Helena Bonham Carter)
on the eve of the royal ball - it’s a cerulean gown with a voluminous skirt composed
of more than a dozen layers of gossamer-fine silk in different
shades of pale blue, turquoise, and lavender.
“When I first put it on, I felt both empowered and scared,”
James recalls. “How could I live up to this? Then I realized I could use that fear
to show me how Cinderella would feel at that moment.”