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Disney\'s live-action version of the classic rags-to-riches fairytale, Cate Blanchett is perfection as a deliciously scheming epitome of a Disney villain as Cinderella\'s Stepmother, the \'Lady Tremaine\', flanked by her dumb and ugly-on-the-inside daughters, played by Downton Abbey\'s Sophie McShera and The Borgias\' Holliday Grainger in true Tweedledum and Tweedledee fashion.

Original Cinderella Stepmother and Stepsisters movie costume exhibit

These extravagant and gaudy dresses worn by the mother and daughter trio were photographed on display at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on March 17, 2015, alongside other fabulous costumes and props from the romantic fantasy movie.

Cinderella\'s step-family to the Palace Ball, designed by Academy Award-winner Sandy Powell, then you\'ll also love Cinderella\'s beautiful ball gown worn by Lily James and Helena Bonham Carter\'s Fairy Godmother costume from Cinderella too.

Ella\'s mother, her father decides to try for some happiness with another woman and chooses the recently widowed \'Lady Tremaine\' to be his new wife.

Ella is left in the care of her Stepmother and her two daughters who all treat her abysmally, like a common servant girl, and even give her the name \'Cinderella\' as her face is one day covered in ash from laying by the kitchen fireplace to keep warm after being exiled to the cold attic.

Original ball gown worn by Cate Blanchett 

Lady Tremaine hears that the Prince has invited every maiden in the land to the Royal Ball she rushes to secure the services of a local seamstress to make three new exquisite garments for her and her daughters to try and catch the eye and win the hand of the Prince.

It\'s a shame that these gowns don\'t also have the jewelry displayed with them as they really complete the outfits, although it\'s ironic that

Cinderella\'s Stepmother chooses a green dress, symbolising her envious and greedy personality.

\'arrival costume\', which features that amazing hat, as shown in the promotional poster above and helps evokes that classic villain imagery.

If you\'re a fan of the actress, be sure to check out this royal gown worn by

Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age and this Lady Marion Loxley Medieval costume from Robin Hood on display.

Original ball gown worn by Holliday Grainger 

Cinderella\'s ball gown is simple and elegant, her evil Stepsisters floral dresses are much more fussy and they actually remind me of Dale Chihuly glasswork sculptures.

Original ball gown worn by Sophie McShera 

Be sure to compare these colourful gowns to the costumes worn by the 

Go further behind-the-scenes with these books: Cinderella: A Night at the Ball

A Wish Your Heart Makes: From the Grimm Brothers\' Aschenputtel to Disney\'s Cinderella (Disney Editions Deluxe (Film))

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