Let’s look at some more White Witch depictions — and Snow Queens, Ice Princesses, Winter Maidens, and the like — that have been modeled by celebrities. Once I started looking, there were far more than I realized. And not all of them were female… but that’s gonna warrant it’s own separate post!
First, a classic.
That’s British TV presenter Olivia Attwood dressed as the White Witch from the 1988 BBC version of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It’s not an exact replica of Barbara Kellerman’s costume, but if you’ve watched that series, it’s pretty obvious.
Emily Blunt as Queen Freya from the 2016 movie The Huntsman: Winter’s War. That movie was a sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman, an earlier take on Snow White. Both movies featured Charlize Theron as the wonderfully wicked Queen Ravenna, who wiped the floor with Kristen Stewart’s princess character in the earlier movie. The Huntsman: Winter’s War didn’t do as well as the first, even though it introduced Freya the Snow Queen as Ravenna’s icy sister. The series was discontinued, but it wasn’t the fault of Freya’s silvery, shimmering outfits (even though they appear to be more than a little ill-fitting.)
Maria Schrader, a German actress and director, as a witchy winter character with a stern, angry expression.
Bridget Fonda played the Snow Queen in a 2002 TV movie of the fairy tale wearing this chic white ensemble topped with a Russian fur hat. This look should be more iconic than it is.
Singers Bjork (left) and Katy Perry (right) in avant-garde stage costumes that look chilly, icelike, and alien.
Maria Seiren, a contestant on Japan’s Got Talent, dazzles in a bridelike gown with a feathered headpiece that showed off her every movement on stage.
Lady Gaga at a 2020 music awards show (hence the mask.) Her look screams futuristic White Witch, but like many of her presentation outfits appears half-baked and hastily thrown together. In recent years she’s scaled back, given her hip and fibromyalgia problems, but they were fun while they lasted.
Gazini Ganados, Miss Universe Philippines 2019, dazzles in a showstopper of a pageant gown that recalls winter, ice… and two giant eagles on her shoulders?
