Riding the wave of global popularity for its impossibly adorable collectibles-based Tsum Tsum franchise, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media has extended the brand—and the division’s creative skills—even further with the newly launched short-form digital series Tsum Tsum Kingdom.
Disney today announced Destination: Disney Style, a new YouTube series taking viewers on a trip around the globe to explore the unique ways its characters and stories are interpreted through fashion. The five-part original series is hosted by YouTube influencers LaurDIY, Jaleesa Moses, Meredith Foster and Lucy & Lydia and gives fans a glimpse of recent international Disney collaborations, street style and trends in multiple fashion capitals.
Each episode comes from an international city and looks at how local designers, fans and fashionistas put their own twist on Disney style:
Host LaurDIY explores Tokyo for “Destination: Disney Style”
Host Jaleesa Moses explores Shanghai for “Destination: Disney Style”
Host Meredith Foster explores New York City for “Destination: Disney Style”
Hosts Lucy & Lydia explore London for “Destination: Disney Style”
Host LaurDIY explores Los Angeles for “Destination: Disney Style”
“From the catwalk in Shanghai to the sidewalk in New York, this new series sees YouTube’s biggest fashion stars explore what Disney style means around the globe,” said Josh Silverman, EVP Global Licensing at Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media. “Fashion and pop culture collide in such creative ways, and it’s incredible how fans infuse their favorite Disney characters into daily looks to make a truly personal style statement.”
Destination: Disney Style launches on the Disney Style YouTube channel on Tuesday, August 2. The first episode features lifestyle and DIY YouTube star LaurDIY as she explores the fashion world in Tokyo including street style, the Tsum Tsum phenomenon, Disney Expo Japan 2016, Tokyo Disney Resort® and more. Check out the Tokyo episode and sneak peek at the upcoming seasonhere.
“Filming this series was an absolute blast,” commented Lauren Riihimaki aka LaurDIY. “It was my first time in Tokyo and it was so cool to experience all the Disney style around the city – especially around Harajuku!”
Tune in to new episodes every Tuesday at 10am PT throughout the month of August. Started in 2013, Disney Style has quickly amassed a social footprint of more than 1.8M, with 1.7M unique monthly viewers to the Disney Style blog as the ultimate destination for everything Disney fashion, lifestyle, shopping, celebrity news and beauty.
Connect with Disney Style and show your Disney Style using #DisneyStyle
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/disneystyle
Instagram: @DisneyStyle
Snapchat: Disney.Style
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disneystyle/
From Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, to Disney•Pixar’s Finding Dory and The Jungle Book, Disney characters and stories continue to inspire designers and artists around the world. In the last year alone, Disney Consumer Products has collaborated with Coach, Kate Spade, Trina Turk, Sephora, Vans and Kenzo to put their unique spin on iconic characters.
It’s Not a Small World, After All . . . Covering nearly 40 square miles, Walt Disney World Resort is about the size of San Francisco or two Manhattan islands. Of the nearly 25,000 acres, a third is designated as conservation land.
A Cast of Thousands . . . more than 70,000 Cast Members in Central Florida to be more precise. That’s how many people it takes to create the magic at the Vacation Kingdom. Not surprisingly, Walt Disney World Resort is the largest single-site employer in the United States.
What the Well-Dressed Mouse Will Be Wearing . . . depends entirely on the occasion. Mickey Mouse himself has more than 136 different sets of duds, ranging from a scuba suit to a tuxedo. Minnie Mouse’s wardrobe contains more than 100 outfits, including everything from a cheerleader ensemble to evening gowns.
Suds ‘R Us . . . If you were to wash and dry one load of laundry every day for 52 years, you’d clean as much as the folks at Walt Disney World Laundry do in a single day. The cast members there launder an average of 285,000 pounds each day. In addition, between 30,000 and 32,000 garments are dry-cleaned daily.
Smile! . . . With millions of visitors annually, it’s no wonder the Disney parks are among the most photographed places in the United States. On any given day, Disney’s PhotoPass photographers take between 100,000 and 200,000 photos of guests at Walt Disney World Resort. The PhotoPass service allows guests to view, share and order their Disney photos online and create Disney products such as PhotoBooks and mugs.
I’m Dreaming of a “Green” Christmas . . . The 1,500 Christmas trees at Walt Disney World Resort won’t be the only “green” holiday delights each season as each Walt Disney World resort hotel glows with new “conservation” lighting — more than 700,000 LED lights in all. String the bulbs end to end and the strand would stretch for 96 miles or light the path from Jacksonville to Orlando, all while using 1/10th of the power of traditional incandescent bulbs.
Who’s Still Thirsty? . . . More than 75 million Cokes are consumed each year at Walt Disney World Resort along with 13 million bottles of water.
Ears to You . . . When laid end to end, there are enough of the famous “Mouse Ear” hats sold each year to stretch 175 miles or cover the head of every man, woman and child in Orange County, Fla. There are also enough Disney character T-shirts sold to put Mickey Mouse’s smiling face on the chest of every resident of Montana.
Sign Here . . . If you stacked the number of standard autograph books sold annually, it would match the height of 200 Cinderella Castles. Add the Princess-style autograph books and, end to end, the books would reach 88 miles into space.
Gone But Not Forgotten . . . Walt Disney World Lost and Found is one busy place. Every day an average of 210 pairs of sunglasses are turned in and, since 1971, an estimated 1.65 million pairs of glasses have found their way into the “lost” bin. On an annual basis, Lost and Found cast members collect more than 6,000 cell phones, 3,500 digital cameras, 18,000 hats and 7,500 autograph books.
Curious Claims . . . According to long-time Lost and Found staffers, the most unusual items turned in have been a glass eye, a prosthetic leg and a potty trainer. Each, incidentally, was claimed (but not by the same person).
Busman’s Holiday . . . Nearly 300 Walt Disney World buses transport guests around the Vacation Kingdom, making the Walt Disney World fleet the third largest in Florida behind Miami and Jacksonville.
Fly Me to the Moon . . . Since 1971, the total miles logged by Walt Disney World monorail trains would be equal to more than 30 round trips to the moon. One dozen new cars were put into service along the 14-mile beamway in 1990 as the original fleet received a well-deserved retirement.
Here’s Looking (Down) At You . . . From the air, Walt Disney World Resort boasts a number of “heady” sights. For instance, the unique “Mouse Trap” on the 6th hole at the Magnolia golf course that looks like a famous corporate symbol. Over at Disney’s Osprey Ridge Golf Club, Mickey’s profile greets golfers on the large practice green. The famous mouse is the model for the courtyard and area in front of the Chinese Theater at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Room With a View . . . Disney’s Wedding Pavilion was designed to provide the bride and groom a view of Magic Kingdom’s Cinderella Castle while standing at the altar.
While currently not a lot to see except the exterior of a large building and a few floating mountains, check out some photos of the Construction of Pandora the World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Those of us who love all things Disney will appreciate this sign located inside Disney buses.
In 1933, Walt produced “The Three Little Pigs”, a cartoon that was hugely successful in the midst of the Great Depression. So successful, in fact, the distributor and his brother Roy convinced a very reluctant Walt to make sequels.
Disney provided some new info about its theatrical schedule stretching through 2019. In addition to an ambitious movie plan announced last fall, the studio has called dibs on a few more weekends with untitled projects, including more fairy-tale adventures.
Take a look at the new Water area that runs throughout the new Disney Springs Shopping and Entertainment area between The Landing & Town Center.
Disney Infinity, a video game that brought toys to life, seemed to have a healthy following — but in May 2016, Disney announced the franchise would be discontinued. Disney has now released further information on the shutdown, including several dates players will have to keep in mind, as many in-game features are coming to an end.
Back in May, Joe and Anthony Russo announced that Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 and Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2 were due for a name change. According to the Marvel directors, the two films were shaping up to tell two very separate stories, and keeping them grouped under the same subtitle would be misleading to fans.
