Historically Accurate Disney Princesses Snow White Mid to late 1500s, Germany Religious reformations affected women’s garments, which were heavy, dark, and austere Jasmine 300s, Arabian Peninsula Pre-Islamic Arabia was a modest society, so women wore loose, shapeless clothing Tiana 1920s, New Orleans, USA Although New Orleans was an epicenter of black culture, Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation Aurora (not pictured) 1300s, England Aurora was raised as a peasant before discovering she was a princess; although noblewomen were better educated, they led far more restricted lives than peasant women Pocahontas Early 1600s, Virginia, Usa Powhatan women decorated their skin with tattoos and rarely covered their breasts Belle 1700s, France Belle married into royalty, who dressed extravagantly to display their status; the aristocracy was overthrown during the French Revolution
