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:
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 absolutely LOVE this post! I have been a fan of CF for almost a year and this is the first post I have felt compelled to comment on! The pieces that you picked are truly beautiful and make me want to go out and find my own versions of these unique outfits – plus I just have to see the movie now! From the structured jackets to the feminine dresses I love it! Thanks for the amazing post!!
I DEFINATELY want that Drink Me necklace! The outfits are adorable too.
I loved this movie! For the fashion, my favourite dress was the one Alice wears when she is at the Red Queen’s Castle.
I really liked the outfit you came up for Alice and the Mad Hatter.
I loved these, great job! Can you maybe do one on the white rabbit as well? He was so adorable in the movie!
So fabulous! I loved all the looks, very different and stunning each.
OH MY Gosh!
I am soo going to try out all the outfits here! I love them all and I adored the movie!
Best Post Ever Darling!
What a fun post! I think the last two outfits are very reflective of the characters.
I love these! 🙂
Fun costume outfits, although I think the White Queen’s look could actually be worn casually.
Also, I was browsing at jewelry the other day and these are some really sweet and vintage looking jewelry inspired by Lewis Carrol’s story!
http://shop.loveheartsandcrosses.co.uk/11-alice-in-wonderland
This is amazing! I love everything you have on here. I especially love the Mad Hatter outfit. And the White Queen…this is another note to myself that I /need/ to go buy a little white dress someime in the near future.
I’ve literally just got back from an Alice in Wonderland charity tea party where I went as the Mad Hatter. The only thing I bought/made specially was a top hat, for the rest of my outfit I wore a really colourful dress, tights and lots of jewelry. If I could afford it then I would’ve used bright make up too, but the point is that I think that one way of getting a mad hatter look is by making your outfit really busy… then just let the hat take over!
This post was amazing! I loved the boots you used for Alice’s outfit, and theTweedle Dee and Dum outfit was awesome! Best article ever, hands down
Absolutely amazing! I LOVE the Mad Hatter look 😀 great post!
Alice has always been my favourite character from the book, but love the white queen look. Pretty white dresses and red lipstick is a must!
Just been to this website as suggested by another reader, they have loads more Alice in Wonderland jewellery.
http://shop.loveheartsandcrosses.co.uk/11-alice-in-wonderland
Calli this post is amazing! You did such a great job with it! You have suchhhh great style! Keep the articles coming, I’ll be a faithful reader!
My two favorite are The Red Queen and Alice, although I really really like all of them! I loved the movie, it was very inspiring. And Calli, this post is so great, I really like your style and I would love to see the outfits you could put together for other Disney movies! That would be so cool!!
Wow Calli, I amy order them too! I have to wait until I get paid though, but I will def try to order them!
This is, AMAZING! Well done, they’re all really great outfits!
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!!
Fantabulous! I love that movie and I love the outfits you made! Great job!
You forgot that the white queen wears red nail polish
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
Do you by chance use Covet Fashion? They just finished doing a series of style challenges based on Alice in Wonderland’s characters ?
oh.my.gosh this is soo adorable 😀
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.
Awesome!!!!!!!! I want all of them!
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.
I want the red dress from forever21 but postage to the UK is very high.
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
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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This is SO awesome. I LOVE that you made the Tweedle costumes sexy!! So great. Thank you!!!
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 post is awesome. I love the movie. It inspired me to dress a little bit different…I love your tips and the “drink me” necklace is awesome. 🙂
I’m really glad you all liked the post! Thanks Luana for the link! That is such a great selection of Alice inspired jewelry! When I went shopping this weekend, I noticed that Hot Topic and Macy’s both carried Alice in Wonderland jewelry and accessories, so you guys may want to check that out as well. And Sally, I am also in love with those boots, in fact I will probably order them tomorrow :]
Yes, I watched Alice in Wonderland already! The Red Queen’s fashion inspired me the most, partly because I am also trying to incorporate more of the color red into my wardrobe. I enjoyed this post so much that I feel like watching the movie again! 🙂
Great job Calli!
I absolutely love the Mad Hatter outfit! I have a LBD (Little Blue Dress 😉 myself, and I can’t wait for the weather to turn clear so I can wear it and channel my own Alice! 😀
This is probably one of my favorite posts on this site 😀
thanks so much
these outfits are lovely!
and the movie was amazing!
wonderful post! the necklaces are great and i liked the recommended nail polish shades. =)
I absolutely LOVE this. Calli, you have a fabulous eye for fashion and I congratulate you on the inspiration for each character. I would have loved to see your take on the Cheshire Cat as well.
This is seriously one of the best post I’ve read on this website. I love the outfit for Alice and all of them!! Great job Calli!
Wow. This was so cool. I love all the outfits! This is such a good article. this is my first time visiting this website and this post definitely makes me want to check back every day! Great job, Calli. You are so creative
This article made me go see the movie, which I loved. I really liked the outfits here-and I loved the fact that you included nail polish with every look. I like little touches like that.
absolutely love this. great job on putting together the outfits. im totally buying that red blazer 🙂
I bought the alice in wonderland dress the wear. I really like it.
Maybe something like this for Peter Pan/Tink look?
http://www.modcloth.com/store/ModCloth/Womens/Dresses/Forest+Fairy+Dress
You do a fabulous job putting all these Disney princess outfits together!! I can’t wait to get some of these outfits. You really have an eye for this stuff! I will be an avid follower and fan so keep the whimsical ideas coming! Do you have a Disney Peter Pan, Tink or Wendy coming up? Peter is my favorite, and he has very feminine attire so it should be easy to pull off 🙂
Love this! You did a great job analyzing the styles and finding suitable pieces 🙂