Into the Forest discussion

Sorry if I'm not posting this correctly, but I've searched all over the internet and I can't seem to find any mention of this one fairy tale about an engagement challenge.
I remember that the King had a challenge for two suitors that wanted to marry the Princess: sew a dress. The first man made a beautiful dress but was knotted on the inside to the point where the Princess was stuck and needed help escaping the confines. The King said something along the lines of how the man may appear handsome, but on the inside he was hideous.
The second man made a simple dress, so simple I remember the Princess frowning at how simple it was. When she stepped outside to show the dress for judgment, the sun made the dress radiant and I remember a bird landing either on her hand or shoulder.
She married the man who made the simple dress while wearing the same dress.
There were a couple of pictures, I remember the Princess having medium black hair.
As for the book itself, it was a collection of many short tales but I remember the cover had red font and may have said the word classic.
I can't get this story out of my head and would love to read it again.
Sorry for the trouble.

Casper, I don't know this story but I appreciate you sharing the synopsis. It sounds "pure" fairy/folk tale and I'm curious to know not just the title but its origins. I think it has some interesting didactic elements to young women on how to evaluate a potential husband. The father's dress challenge recalls the challenge of the caskets in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, where Portia's (my favorite Shakespearean heroine) situation in her kingdom of Belmont IS a fairy tale. Here the dresses the suitors make, like the choice of caskets in Shakespeare, reveal their character and weed out any "problem guys." Sounds like the first suitor whose beautiful dress was constraining revealed himself as a controller who, outward circumstances to the contrary, would have made the woman miserable. The second suitor and dress reflect how people to whom we're not initially attracted become beautiful to us as we get to know them. And, incidental or not, I love the pun on "suitors" here -- the men wooing her, the "suits" they are literally suturing, and which one of the guys best suits her as a life companion? Wonderful! I hope someone can i.d. this, but, if not, thanx again for your delightful synopsis.

I, unfortunately, cannot help, but it does sound like an interesting fairytale! On Sunday, I can look at our fairytale books (I shelve them) for a book with classic in the title and red font and see if I happen upon it.

I've never heard anything like this. It does somehow vibe "feminist" to me. I'd love to read it if anyone figures it out.