--- title: This Groom Went All Out for 'Beauty and the Beast' Proposal description: It was a fairy tale come true for this fiancé, who hand-sewed an elaborate ball gown for his Belle before proposing in a library. canonical: https://time.com/4636220/beauty-beast-proposal/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-17T16:10:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:12.224Z og:title: This Groom Went All Out With 'Beauty and the Beast' Proposal og:description: It was a fairy tale come true for this fiancé, who made a gown for his Belle. og:url: https://time.com/4636220/beauty-beast-proposal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Groom Went All Out With 'Beauty and the Beast' Proposal twitter:description: It was a fairy tale come true for this fiancé, who made a gown for his Belle. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Groom Just Made a Fairy Tale Come True for a _Beauty and the Beast_\-Themed Marriage Proposal > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 17, 2017 4:10 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 17, 2017 4:10 PM UTC It was a tale as old as time for a soon-to-be bride named Cara, whose boyfriend (and, now, fiancé) went above and beyond to bring her Disney fairy tale fantasy to life before popping the question. In a series of photos posted to Imgur, [user jel2930](https://imgur.com/gallery/3nxdF) shared the process—and results—of his elaborate [_Beauty and the Beast_](http://time.com/4344599/beauty-and-the-beast-emma-watson-walt-disney-company/?iid=sr-link2) themed proposal scheme. “She grew up admiring Belle from _Beauty and the Beast_. Wanting to recreate the famous scene, I decided to make her the dress to coincide with my proposal,” [he explained](https://imgur.com/gallery/3nxdF#ci32WXO). This involved getting to work with a sewing machine in a basement to craft the [iconic yellow ball gown](http://time.com/4619891/emma-watson-beauty-and-the-beast/?iid=sr-link1); he learned to sew just for this project, he said in a response to comments on the site. (Incidentally, there are similarities to the Cinderella story to this part of the tale, including the basement used to stage his plan.) When the time was right and the ring was purchased, he surprised Cara at the Iowa State Parks Library, where he said she is a student librarian. He had the dress set up in a side room, he said, and convinced her to don the extravagant canary satin confection and head to the cleared-out Periodicals Room. Lucky for him, she seemed positively bowled over by the proposal, based on the pictures—and said yes. “Lights, music, library, dress, ring. Couldn’t ask for more,” he summed it up. Here’s to their happily ever after. 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