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Aurora's Legs and Feet

posted 10 years ago by sharon-straka
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I'm watching this for the first time in years and I was noticing that her legs and feet are a much darker color than her face and hands. At first I thought she was wearing high boots, but they showed a close up of her feet while she was dancing and she's barefoot. So I guess they forgot to match her skin tones. LOL

[–] watcher101 10 years ago

She could be wearing stocking, or maybe its just the shadow of her dress.

[–] rbrtck 10 years ago

She could be wearing stocking,

For comparison, that's the explanation I got from somebody who claimed to be in the know regarding the strange appearance of Cinderella's feet in most scenes (when she's shoeless)--they're not actually bare, she's wearing sheer/skin-colored stockings. And indeed, this would explain the lack of visible toes as well as the odd shapes.

However, I don't think that Aurora is wearing stockings--her feet appear to be bare, just oddly colored (along with her legs). So it's still an unexplained--and extremely obscure --mystery.

[–] rbrtck 10 years ago

I'm watching this for the first time in years and I was noticing that her legs and feet are a much darker color than her face and hands.

Darker and redder, which I've always thought made Aurora look as though she had poor circulation. 

At first I thought she was wearing high boots, but they showed a close up of her feet while she was dancing and she's barefoot.

That's right, she's one of Disney's nature-girls , and unlike in Cinderella the animators actually bothered to pencil in some toes in a few frames.

[–] TabberMSTie87 9 years ago

I think the odd discoloring of Aurora's legs and feet is due to mishaps in the remastering process. If you look at older prints of "Sleeping Beauty" (pre-DVD era) her legs and feet are not mis-colored.