In the ballroom scene from Disney's 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast, during which the fictional character Belle dances with the Beast to the film's titular song, Belle wears an opulent golden off-the-shoulder ball gown with a voluminous skirt. Although Beauty and the Beast is set in 18th-century France, the dress's streamlined and anachronistic design borrows inspiration from several different fashion eras, with some of its elements centuries removed from its historical setting. Although…