a deep DIVE (pun intended) on MERMAIDCORE: how to build a mermaid/siren wardrobe

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:00 intro
01:00 what is mermaidcore
02:20 essentials
04:41 sirencore
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[@christiana_mandalynn]

I like how this version of mermaid core is more ethereal and windswept… not like a Disney cartoon with loud colors, but like broken sea glass meets a string of pearls.

[@dressrelief]

Agreed! It’s like a more grown up version 😌

[@alongtheuniverse8725]

I really like your comment

[@gerardtay]

I *highly* doubt anyone will know what I'm talking about but when I was 13 and watched this magical girl anime called Mermaid Melody for the first time, it changed my life and I became obsessed with mermaids (and Japan). I'm 27 now and this aesthetic along with the remake of The Little Mermaid makes me feel so nostalgic.

[@dressrelief]

Oh yes the little mermaid remake is prob a contributor to the rise of mermaidcore too! And i dont know that anime but i always have a soft spot for magical girl animes 🥰

[@avionpiscean33]

I really want to like mermaid melody. I love magical girl, and I adore mermaids, but I just couldn't get into that series. I do like Lettuce from Tokyo Mew Mew, and she had a huge influence on one of my own magical girl characters, who can become a mermaid under certain conditions.

[@chibiusasubliminals6599]

I literally watch mermaid melody once every summer since I was a kid 😭😭😭

[@anniet9332]

Omggg same

[@sanraii]

OMG THAT ANIME!!! omg you just reminded me of it😭😭 such nostalgia bro

[@Elena-ei9re]

sirencore reminds me of whimsigoth but make it ocean and I love that

[@dressrelief]

Yess i def see some similarities with whimsigoth and even fairycore!

[@cloudthief8918]

I've loved mermaids ever since watching and becoming obsessed with H20 as a kid.

[@maggie5126]

I’m super torn between mermaid core and earthy… so I’m going with my weird hybrid (or jelly fish life)

[@Sweetinfernalcreature]

This is so beautiful! I saw a shell necklace at the thrift recently and it was so iridescent and pretty but I was worried it wouldn’t go with my usual darker look. Not that it has to but I didn’t want to purchase if I wouldn’t wear it. (As an animist, it makes me feel bad when I used use something and let it shine lol) Sirencore sounds right up my alley. Also the fact that my chart is DROWNING in water energy.

[@dressrelief]

Aw man i feel u tho, i hate buying things i dont end up using 😞 but sirencore would be perfect for that if youre still thinking about that necklace!

[@faeryb0mb517]

I love the loud colors. Reminds me of the gulf coast. My mermaidcore is more mixed with coconut girl

[@allis_o2628]

If you want to make this work for winter, throw on a fluffy fur coat, and you got Selkie-core ^^

[@kakakalot8536]

i feel like sirencore slightly reminds me of emos if they were romanticised. dk if that's just me tho but I'm here for it

[@candydemure]

That would be Fairy Grunge, I think.

[@hopeemacias]

pleasee more mermaid core vids i really love the aesthetic but unfortunately not many videos on it

[@dressrelief]

Planning on an outfits video soon!

[@hopeemacias]

@@dressrelief YESS also i wanted to join your discord but i don’t have the app so i can’t use the link because i can only sign in so is there another way i can join?

[@dressrelief]

I think you have to download the app on your phone or you can go on your computer!

[@hopeemacias]

@@dressrelief omg i forgot i have a computer💀

[@dressrelief]

@@hopeemacias haha yay cant wait to see you on there!

[@katyp564]

Such a great video! When I heard the label, I definitely was thinking along the 2016 lines and was confused by the pinterest boards, but this clears it up. It's more like the mermaid princess who's washed ashore, not the one who's turned up ready for the club. It'll be interesting to see who wins the aesthetic battle this summer, this or Barbiecore.

[@dressrelief]

Same here haha I was definitely thinking of 2016 when i first heard mermaidcore! Personally I’m rooting for this aesthetic to get more popular, I loovee ethereal & fantasy inspired aesthetics 🥰

[@sealloverr]

Omg, I absolutely love your channel. Your videos help me form my aesthetic 💗💗

[@dressrelief]

I’m so glad to hear that!! 🥰

[@marmar340]

yesss I've been waiting for to make a video on mermaidcore

[@dressrelief]

I’m a little late to game but I’m so happy to find out mermaidcore is a thing! Such a pretty aesthetic ✨

[@youremyfavoritesong9868]

I'm having a really hard time with seasonal depression and I just went to the yarn store for the first time in a few months to get myself some supplies. I'm going to crochet so many tops

[@hm6369]

Messy french girl is a aesthetic idea

[@dressrelief]

Thanks for the suggestion I’ll look into it!!

[@person_lol6450]

OMG YES!!!!

[@almostmedic3723]

Does anyone know an eyeshadow shade similar to the green/blue one at 04:30 ? I swear it is the most beautiful eyeshadow look i've seen in my life

[@valkylva]

I’ve been into mermaid stuff since 2010 or so and there’s a perfume you can still get I used called True Religion and the bottle is Mermaidcore. I highly recommend the perfume. It has a sea breeze kind of smell and the bottle is gorgeous.

[@z3onix]

Me when I was 5 after watching H20 and that other mermaid series(Mako mermaids)

[@dressrelief]

Hahaha i loved h2o!!

[@cloudthief8918]

Same I loved that show

[@kissloveheal]

i have this aesthethic since in my childhoos

[@frogg139]

Okay so of this is like cottagecore, and gremlincore is the darker cousin of cottagecore, what is the darker cousin of mermaid core? I think it’s piratecore

[@angelcake18]

I think it's sirencore

[@dabriyahharris2066]

Why do people want to fit an “aesthetic “ so badly

[@emnemnem1889]

Tbh I don't. I just want to escape real world during summer my room's mermaidcore, during autumn witchy, during spring fairycore ^^

[@Ilovecigaretteaftersex]

I’m trying to find my aesthetic and mermaid core is on the top of my list tbh