Ariel's costume is a freaking train wreck. It's along the lines of the outfit Disney thinks Tinkerbell wears.
I mean, is she supposed to be a mermaid? She clearly has legs! Are they sticking out of her fins or something? When kids ask (and they do) about my legs, I always say I wear that dress because I miss having a fin, and this dress reminds me of that. I guess they buy it. But who cares, the "dress" is still ugly.
One of the other princesses came up with a solution though. She wore Ariel's "Land Dress". I thought this was brilliant as my Ariel outfit was not only ugly as sin, but unraveling at the seams (literally!). So here is what I came up with:
(Note the legs+fin version of Ariel I added.) Now, Her land outfit isn't QUITE accurate, depending on what image you are looking at. In the movie her white shirt was sometimes blue and the skirt is longer. Also it's not a corset she is wearing in the movie, it's just part of the dress where as I used a corset (a for real one! It ties in the back!) just to get that look. Her shirt isn't skin tight either, it's kind of a billowy white shirt. I looked for one but I was worried about channeling Seinfeld so I stuck with a white workout shirt I had. And the bow was ribbon from a display at Bath and Body Works were I used to work. Overall, I think it looks a heck of a lot better than the other monstrosity. I mean, if those kids were willing to accept Ariel's fin-leg nonsense, they'll accept her
Didn't want to look like a pirate
Update: I wore this to the party today and a kid asked me "why didn't you wear your tail?"
First of all, that doesn't make sense.
Second, if I had, you would have asked me "why do you have legs?". These kids won't me happy until I genetically modify myself to flop around on their living room floor with a fish butt and a tail (not gonna happen).
Thirdly, learn the story! She has LEGS at the end. Were you not listening to the story I just read you? Kids the days!
Hmph.
I'm not bitter....
