Why no Disney?
— Our Creative Philosophy
Why don't we use Disney characters?
We are the only company in the Bay Area that doesn't offer any of the 'Disney Princesses'.
We absolutely love them and believe that Disney does them best.
Because other companies aren't offering performers that are licensed through Disney, there is room for a lot of problems.
We have seen too many terrible wigs, awful costumes, and poor actresses attempt to play these memorable roles.
Because our costumes are all of such high quality, we suppose we could attempt to offer them, but the real problem we see with offering Disney Characters lies beyond the appearance.
Aside from grown-ups noticing that the characters aren't up to the Disney quality, children also notice that something 'isn't quite right'. Half of the time the performer is at a celebration the children are drowning her in questions of, "you aren't really Cinderella, right? "
"I can see your REAL hair... Why don't you have glass slippers?"
"You don't sound like Cinderella...".
And the worst, "you are just a girl in a costume".
There may be performers out there that can 'pull it off'...which is wonderful. However, we would rather know that the children will believe in us 100% ...no matter what.
Our unique characters are wig-free, talented, and of course...real.
We make a huge effort to create our own, unique characters. Each costume is carefully designed by hand (and is 100% wig-free!) for each Faerie's own unique shape, and is cared for weekly in order to always appear magical. We believe that showing children characters outside of the corporate realm can re-inspire them to believe in magic. When our characters arrive at celebrations, children ask us questions like, "Do you really live under the sea?", or "Can you teach me how to fly?', instead of statements like, "You're not really Cinderella, I can see your wig", or, " I have your movie".
An eye-opening article about what happens when Disney is the only image that children see can be found here...
