When shopping for Disney Princess costumes for Halloween this year keep in mind there is no shortage of options.

Shopping for princess costumes is a little like wedding dresses in a way; you wear them once and then they get stored away. Considering the bulk of costumes will be bought for children it's highly unlikely they'll be worn by the same child again next year.

But really, that will be the last thing on parent's minds as they go searching for the perfect Disney princess costume for their little girl. So what's it to be? Here's a list of some of the best known princesses which have given hundreds of thousands of children over more than half a century some wonderful and magical moments:

- Snow White

- Cinderella

- Sleeping Beauty

- Ariel

- Jasmine

- Belle

- Pocahontas

- Mulan

The wonderful thing about Disney's princesses is they encompass a wide variety of cultures. For example, Snow White was the stuff of true fairy tales, Mulan was pitted against the background of combat yet still epitomized what a princess is all about, Pocahontas represented a proud native American race while Jasmine took center stage in an era of mystic and magic as she stole the heart of Aladdin.

Did you know Disney princess costumes are one of the most sought after Halloween costumes? Because they are brought back to life on a regular basis today's young generation are just as familiar with Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty as they are with Pocahontas, Princess Jasmine, Belle, Ariel and Mulan.

So this Halloween, there's little doubt there will been an even distribution of young girls donning both the old and new of Disney princess costumes.