what happened to ariel's princess dress 🐟🌊☀️

i had multiple people ask my thoughts on ariel's dress from the little mermaid movie, so i decided make this! i come off a bit harsher than i intended cus i wrote the script when i was in a "mood" 😅 i don't HATE the dress i promise, i just think it's the weakest of all the disney princess gowns. what do you think?
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[@ModernGurlz]

2:28 yes people i know she's 30 in this movie, i'm saying i like the dress for "mature" ariel but it wouldn't work for her 16 year old self which is what they market her as

[@kaitlintheallmightymemelor2324]

Okay also hel-

[@kaitlintheallmightymemelor2324]

Hello this is her dad she is in danger

[@444.jasminne]

@@kaitlintheallmightymemelor2324 huh

[@444.jasminne]

@@kaitlintheallmightymemelor2324 sis you spam the most random things

[@kaitlintheallmightymemelor2324]

@@444.jasminne help m-

[@user-ey9uj6vp9s]

I really hate that they changed Cinderella’s silver dress to blue but mostly hate that they changed her strawberry blonde hair to yellow!

[@chimneysweep0754]

i hate that they changed her hairstyle! they made her have a top knot with some strands hanging down her face and it looks like crap

[@aviatress5643]

yes, cinderella had the worst character redesign of them all. the only thing they needed to change was by giving her ears

[@HelloListenGoodbye]

Completely agree the silver was stunning

[@luma4902]

@@aviatress5643 this.

[@EstherHulst-Artist]

And they try to make belle look like a brunette sleeping beauty Longer hair and copy paste face Plus yellow instead of gold dress

[@andreavelez4968]

Not doing a seafoam green dress with pearls, to begin with, was a missed opportunity! Almost referencing the book's ending.

[@ModernGurlz]

i did not even think of that and WOW what a missed opportunity. it would’ve been so good 😩

[@nathancliftactor]

That was the original idea! They wanted (when Triton turns her human) to have her in a sea foam dress, but they would’ve been animating that till way past the release date. That’s why they went with the sparkly purple dress

[@TheCc064]

Wouldn’t that be an abomination for her to wear pearls? Because she was a citizen of the ocean formerly

[@inuyasha1014]

@@TheCc064 I mean it'd probably just be along the same line of humans wearing horse hair wigs, or wearing a wool sweater, it's things that are aesthetic that don't harm the wildlife we share the shore with just as a mermaid wearing a pearl necklace would be the same thing. I'm pretty sure one of Ariel's sisters is wearing pearls at some point too Edit: yes, I looked it up, Aquata has pearls in her ponytail

[@yinkafalade7513]

That's exactly what I was thinking 👏

[@SafetySpooon]

The "sparkly gown" was actually "magic". It was a way to have her onscreen without being NAKED.

[@user-yt7dg9kh7j]

Exactly we got to keep it pg

[@apurbad.a.4457]

Okay this made me shook ngl.

[@tiffanyquasnitschka1901]

Never knew this!!! 🤯

[@pavalemanelomeli9868]

i thought it was more on the aphrodite thing where the water turned into clothes to stay close to her but here her dad changed the water into a dress to not be naken

[@blueorchid9455]

@@pavalemanelomeli9868 ill go with this, from no on because its a pretty cool explanation

[@kaseywood8173]

I think most people forget about the whole context of the movie and why she has a random, non-extravagant dress to begin with. She just randomly showed up and they found a dress that would fit. If they found this amazing, fancy dress that matched her mermaid tail, that would be a bit too convenient wouldn't it?

[@frederikeh.6194]

Not to mention that no one in the castle knew that she was actually a princess. I love the dress, I also love the color and don't see an issue with her hair. But I wouldn't necessarily describe it as pink but dusty rose. And I absolutely hate that Disney changes the dresses they created. It's just wrong and not representitive of the movie/princess. They couldn't have sold those dresses to me.

[@RainAngel111]

Eric is a prince. It wouldn't take long to get her a dress. Anyway, the issue is that Disney decided that dress was going to be Ariel's iconic dress. It's on all of the merchandise where she doesn't have a fish tail.

[@gracestrange8251]

@@RainAngel111 the movie is set in the late 1800s, if they had have wanted to make her a dress they would have had to make one to her measurements exactly, and then make the dress from scratch. a basic dress in that era could probably have been made in a day or so, but given the normal amount of extravagance put into a Disney princess dress it would have taken quite a long time. and i also think that, as the video mentioned, the dinner wasn't very formal or important so going to the lengths of getting a dress handmaid would have been odd.

[@beelzemobabbity]

@@RainAngel111 yeah you can totally just have a custom dress made for this naked girl that just showed up.. its gonna take at least a day, so she has to wear something in the mean time.

[@ioncekilledamanwithmyshoe]

I don’t really think that Disney was ever going for *realism*. She could have “accidentally” found a green dress, it’s not too ridiculous in the context of a cartoon Disney movie about mermaids. Also, the fact they used this random dress as her main “iconic” dress is what I personally have an issue with.

[@Galastel]

I actually really liked how the pink dress didn't really fit Ariel: she was trying to be something other than herself at this part of the story, trying to fit into a mould of what she thought "human princess" is like. The pink dress that doesn't work with her colouring or with the colours that are "hers" visually tells just that. Following the same logic, it makes perfect sense that in the sequel she'd be wearing green and purple.

[@kittenmimi5326]

Oh! Nice theory. Could this actually be intentional??? Awkward pink awkward ariel?

[@stefanie_irl]

I don’t think it’s that deep

[@Cassycat99]

I like this, I wish they had a wow factor dress somewhere else! Like her wedding dress isn't super unique so somewhere else

[@bibliophilelady6106]

I just figured it was borrowed. She was there for a day or two and somebody whipped that up for her? More likely Eric has a little dark haired cousin or something and it is her dress.

[@nerbdoi2740]

this also makes sense with the way the dress is a little too big on her

[@caitlinstrong3273]

I kinda disagree with the whole "no pink and red" thing. Monochromatic colour schemes can be very effective imo

[@Lili-cc7pz]

Yes but her hair is more orange/warm toned red, i think it would suit more if it leaned to magenta/cool toned red

[@eddiePUGILIST]

Yes, Pink and Red are a frequent and beautiful color combination in Asian culture and art.

[@exclamation.]

I think monochromatic/analogous colour schemes can be used very effectively. But the problem with Ariel's design is that her red hair is so saturated that placing the pink next to it actually takes away from the vibrancy of the pink.

[@winnie7922]

When she wears that dress it looks like she popped out of a Valentine’s Day card

[@RubeGold356]

@@Lili-cc7pz at 1:07 her hair is very cool toned.

[@kirakuroe]

I like the original dress! It gave an impression of hand-me-down. At the time it’s not like people could just go shopping or create a dress in a day or two. The pink dress looks like it velonged to someone else first, perhaps one of the royal family members years back. Ariel doesn’t belong to her new world, and she’s there on borrowed time. Someone else’s life, someone else’s dress. In my opinion her true ”princess gown wasn’t the pink, but her wedding dress which has her colors and is obvi made for her

[@izzyv.6169]

yess totally agree with you! the dress is beautiful but it doesn't look perfectly made/chosen for her and it totally fits with the story. i also really liked the idea that it wasn't perfect however she somehow still looked breathtaking (for me as a child).

[@ariellelillian8644]

I agree.

[@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254]

And had to be altered at the last minute

[@lycantabris]

Considering the dress borrows designs from the dresses of the preceding princesses, it is a hand-me-down even in a meta sense!

[@purpleclaws202]

​@@izzyv.6169 Stop making excuses

[@haileynyaga5553]

Random fact: Princess Tiana has the most dress changes of all the princesses

[@Rose..DeWitt..Bukater1912]

She also had some of the best outfits

[@starthelotus3453]

And counting the sequels, I think Cinderella has had more. (Child dress, child dress with bow, maid dress, pink ball gown, blue ball gown, wedding dress, pink honeymoon gown, mauve court dress, blue peasant dress, cyan banquet dress, horseback riding dress, gold festival gown, yellow and brown casual dress, second maid dress, torn wedding dress, and the second wedding dress.

[@ClaudetteVioletta]

And the 89% of the movie she is a frog xD

[@kassandraflowers3249]

@@starthelotus3453 HOWWWWWWWWW

[@starthelotus3453]

Kassandra Flores wdym how

[@pinkperfectpeach7544]

I love the pink dress and it’s the one I usually associate with Ariel, in fact I actually completely forgot she has a green dress now

[@Amanda-hj9hz]

@Mona Subramanian same

[@namjoonsoldmyjamsfor3dolla404]

PinkPerfectPeach Same LoL

[@wolfiebunny9938]

SAME

[@so4_m92]

I actually really hate the purple one and I kinda think it looks weird

[@troodon1096]

Really more on the greenish side of teal.

[@ars10001]

"red and pink don't mix" I severely disagree

[@itsmehii1384]

I kinda agree, but I think the pink and red looks fabulous on Ariel

[@carolineramsey7358]

same

[@janelle7012]

I hate pink and red together, but it’s STUNNING on Ariel

[@cad1848]

yeah, i think only some redheads can pull it off. like i think ginny doesn’t look great in pink, but ariel looks stunning

[@ScionStorm1]

If you mix red and pink you just get a redder shade of pink...

[@mimigatto]

Actually redheads and just red in general usually do mix with pink. Pink and red do go well together and thats why redheads tend to look amazing in pink. I hope this makes sense lol.

[@anya-eh6wv]

yes true, but ariels hair shade is not what a natural red heads hair looks yk its a very cartoony red

[@abbeyjanegreen703]

Completely agree

[@mimigatto]

@@anya-eh6wv ur right

[@lapislazuli7835]

And yet as a redhead I cannot wear pink unless it's a more purpley colour

[@_sinco_clair_2301]

Especially with pink blush

[@jadenherrera2009]

I actually really like Ariel’s pink dress. Although I agree pink and red don’t really work together, I think thematically this dress makes sense. At this point in the movie Ariel is still getting used to being human, she is literally a fish out of water. The pink dress comes across that she doesn’t quite fit in, even the off the shoulder sleeves gives the impression that the dress is too big for her. It works for the scene, but I don’t think it works as her “princess” outfit.

[@abdthesnowking4528]

The sea green dress is the best on her . Because sea green is her signature colour.

[@meganmartinez9310]

I believe I read somewhere that Ariel's pink dress is supposed to be kind of a mash up of the dresses of the princesses that came before her, as it has the sleeves of Snow White's dress, the silhouette/skirt of Cinderella's, and the color of Aurora's pink dress.

[@briciolaa]

i don't think her pink dress is actually her "princess dress"! her time in the castle was really uncomfortable, it definitely wasn't her big reveal time to present the iconic dress. she's wearing something thats probably borrowed, and i think the pink-red color combo is intentional to make it look like she doesnt fit in the palace im glad we all saw that tumblr post lmao

[@miaa1762]

I agree. But I don't understand why people are saying it's because pink and red don't mix. They do, lol. They're literally in the same color family since pink is created from red and white.

[@LookingGlassAlice8]

Yes, omg, you put into words what I was thinking too. I always thought her pink dress was kind of not flattering, but in an endearing way, showing that she hasn’t (like you said) fully gotten the hang of being human. The colors that really stand out and make her shine are her teal and purple mermaid colors, because those are her “true” colors.

[@lizardbrick8939]

Fun fact: Disney had to _invent_ a shade of red for Ariel’s hair. They called it “Ariel Red”

[@shikshasharma3637]

One of my friends has "Ariel Red" hairs

[@_anxietea_8720]

I MADE THIS FROM 999 LIKES TO 1K I FEEL SO POWERFUL

[@sunghoononice8796]

@@shikshasharma3637 Always remember, don’t make your friend angry.

[@chaerieyo]

Woahhh cool!

[@Kai-bz9ym]

No it’s called period blood (It’s a joke pls don’t get mad but that is low key what it looks like 😅)

[@queenjae4516]

i’ve always wanted ariels “emerging from the water” sparkly dress to be my prom dress 😭

[@unistudent4002]

I think a green dress makes the most sense, as it matches her tail colour. It ties her story and identity together nicely, without changing too much about her after she’s become human.

[@soulslvr9562]

To be honest i like her blue outfit more than the pink one and yet theres no merch for it!! I mean COME ON MAN!!! THE BOW IS ADORIBLE

[@kellyc7902]

Do it for the Cringe ME TOO I love that whole look and I wish I could dress like that!

[@LookingGlassAlice8]

Aw, yes, her blue dress was such a look.

[@justme7410]

YAZZ I LOVE HER BLUE DRESS DO MUCH

[@olivia_rcr6061]

The blue dress is absolutely gorgeous! I love it! Also the sparkly one at the end needs more merch

[@Zinervawyrm]

Used to have an Ariel Barbie doll who came with the blue peasant dress back in the 90s. What I rarely see is truly that pink dress. Even back then I can't say I've ever seen it being advertised.

[@Misp7871]

I've seen the reason that they changed it in the park as people were mistaking her for Sleeping beauty which I know is a bit silly considering she has red hair but a lot of younger kids thought she was plus sleeping beauty is associated with the pink dress which is why they stopped letting sleeping Beauty wear a blue dress as she was being mistaken for Cinderella

[@dragonlover439]

Tbh it kinda annoys me that sleeping beauty only gets associated with a pink dress, considering she was wearing the blue dress in the most important moments of the film, when Prince Phillip wakes her up with a kiss and when she pricks her finger. Like I get that she might get mistaken for Cinderella so I’m not complaining, but she was my favorite princess as a kid so that always kinda bugged me.

[@jasminecrawford42]

@@dragonlover439 Same plus the dress looked better BLUE! Cinderella's og dress was white/silver anyways and a part of me will always be irritated it's blue bc of marketing and Mandela effect.

[@heroineyoung2497]

I heard the dress got changed just for marketing, so every princess is able to get their own unique color. But it makes me wonder, I haven't really scene any official pictures with the new princesses included, like Rapunzel, Elsa, and Anna. I wonder if they'll get their own color because Elsa wears blue just like Cinderella? Or maybe the dresses are so different that they don't bother

[@dragonlover439]

Heroine Young I think I’ve seen Rapunzel in some merch and her dress is purple so she’s fine. I’ve heard people saying that they probably won’t rope Anna or Elsa in with the other princesses because Frozen was just so popular it’s easier to just market them separately from the Disney Princess line.

[@aviatress5643]

i personally think that the princesses should’ve stuck to their original colours. cinderella’s sliver blue dress is iconic and aurora’s blue dress fits more as one person before said, it was worn during all her significant moments, like when she pricked her finger, woke up, hugged her parents and danced with the prince at her welcoming ball. plus, blue has always been a colour to represent royalty and status and not so much anymore, femininity. back to the pink dress, she probably wouldn’t have been allowed to wear what was considered such a masculine colour + i can imagine it’d be near impossible to produce & market a barbie pink dye, especially considering this movie takes place in 15-16th century.

[@pa-jama]

“Red and pink dont mix” Pink is literally just light red what-

[@anyways1715]

its literally not

[@saralosen8963]

@@anyways1715 yes it is, pink is a lighter shade of red

[@anyways1715]

@@saralosen8963 light red is light red, pink is pink, whats not clicking

[@bungacow9241]

@kamill pink is literally just another word for light red... Bruh please go back to school 😔😔

[@anyways1715]

@@bungacow9241 PINK IS LITERALLY A COLOR IN BETWEEN OF RED AND PURPLE ON THE COLOR WHEEL OH MY GOD

[@Mar-js9dq]

“Red and pink dont mix” never turned off a video so quick lmao

[@ohsnapitzari2318]

Well bye 🤗

[@benkenobi8916]

Look into colour theory then

[@Magicalgirl20]

@@benkenobi8916 as an artist, it depends on how bright the red and pink is, red and pink can work together perfectly if you use it right

[@robynmc24]

I always thought the pink represented Ariel being in a foreign place, pink clashing with her colouring in the day and night dress. When she starts to feel more comfortable (out in the town dress) her colour palette starts to come back. When her true identity is revealed and she gets married she is back to her true colours, showing her now feeling at home. In a sense the pink represents ‘a fish out of water’.

[@andredrw289]

I never thought of it like that

[@kaylaroo710]

Well said! I love your explanation and I can so see it.

[@Whatareevenbirds]

Disney: oh yeah we *definitely* did that on purpose

[@onlythelonely93]

"red and pink don't mix." That's such a controversial statement and now I need a full video on the history of this colors combined.

[@ModernGurlz]

i'm NGL i debated putting that part in, but it seems like a LOT of people feel this way about it

[@anamarte5430]

I think it depends on the complexions and the hair color. ModernGurlz’s argument works when it’s medium complexioned redheads or for cool toned fair women, which Ariel is. Ariel needs a more icy type of pink or hot pink, not a salmon based one like they did in the movie. Even if she’s a cartoon you can tell that the colors clash and the artists didn’t really think about that, a bit alarming considering how good Disney is about color temperature and using colors to tell a story. Color affects a lot more than people think. I learned a lot about it because one of my hobbies is interior decorating and noted that for my friends, they’d ask me for advice because I’d inadvertently pick colors to decorate with the highly flattered them. So no, red and pink do work well, it just needs to be the right shade of pink for the person. For example, you’d never put the peachy pink Ariel has on Cinderella, Tiana, or Aurora because they’re meant to be cool toned. But on Moana, Merida and Pocahontas it would work because they’re warm toned, like the dress. On Moana and Pocahontas it would need to be a pinch brighter and warmer. Same for Merida, the redhead from Brave. Actually that peach pink would be fantastic in Merida, reminiscent of the colors in my picture. For the actress in the new live action the peach pink would work great as she’s very warm toned, her coloring looking like toffees. Or teals and anything reminiscent of the sea as she’s very “autumn” complected. Anything sea oriented would work fabulously with her coloring because her tones echoes a lot of colors found in tropical beaches and oceans. Well most of them, she wouldn’t work well with colors that remind people of the poles or ocean depths or the Northern European countries as the colors of those regions are very cool toned. Sorry for the length! I type fast and love these types of arguments.

[@Burn143]

For me personally it depends. Sometimes red and pink mix and sometimes they don’t. It all depends on the shade of the two colors.

[@EbonyPenmarks]

Didn't Molly Ringwald already perfect the pink/redhead aesthetic in the 80s?

[@anamarte5430]

LynnMelo Yes! Seriously though! She did and it was gorgeous!

[@Thehouseoffail]

I will never understand why they don't market her in the black and blue dress. She wears it in her most iconic scene and she looks great in it.

[@xqueenfrostine]

I think it’s because she’d look plain next the other princesses. The current design was clearly made with The Disney Princesses franchise in mind, so they dressed her to fit the group aesthetic which leans heavy on the ball gowns at least for the white princess characters (+ Tiana). The new dress is a similar level of fancy, and I suspect the switch from pink to sea foam is to differentiate the dress more from Aurora’s. Having each princess in a different color looks better from a merchandising perspective in the Disney Stores and theme park gift shops where these dresses are sold.

[@Thehouseoffail]

@@xqueenfrostine Pocahontas has a completely different design than everone else. And sometimes they show her with the other princesses with a tail. So, I'm not sure that logic holds up.

[@davemustaineee]

Well that dress seems to be too simple and peasant, her pink dress is more official

[@swansparadise]

ariel was my favorite disney princess as a kid and i was OBSESSED with her wardrobe, i used to be convinced my wedding dress would look exactly like hers lmao. i’m still a huge fan of the pink dress, i love the silhouette and i think pink is a really fun/unique color choice for ariel

[@lilyoongles946]

The dress was pink was supposed to clash. She wasn’t expected so they had to quickly get a dress. It was like the palace staff just had to find a dress that fit.

[@CeltycSparrow]

Where DID they get a dress anyway? lol We never see Eric's mother or any sisters in either of the movies he is in. There are no other royal women in the castle....just the servants. So how DID they find a dress that was not only worthy of a Princess, but one that fit Ariel perfectly in such a short amount of time? lol

[@PrincessofEllabur]

@@CeltycSparrow probably because former queens' dresses were still around?

[@CeltycSparrow]

@@PrincessofEllabur They say that he's King of Cinderella's kingdom. Rumor has it that the King and the Grand Duke from Cinderella are attending the wedding when Eric marries Ursula

[@ellasmith4176]

I'd say that the main problem is that they chose to advertise her in the dress for a while.

[@antoniosnyder6192]

@infinityrose92 I'm pretty sure the story takes place in Denmark seeing as the original telling was written and published in Copenhagen by Danish author Hans Christian Anderson

[@mae-qp3oi]

them choosing a pink dress is a bit nonsensical, but given the circumstances that she just showed up to the castle out of no-where, it could be excused as a situation based on whatever the castle had lying around. they still could have made it more marketable but its just my opinion!

[@Mikayla_5]

It's a cartoon. The castle had nothing laying around bc it was a cartoon. Lol. The 'designers' just messed up a little.

[@Mikayla_5]

@infinityrose92 True, I just think that it's funny how they're saying maybe it's the only thing the castle had. I personally like the pink dress but I guess theres ppl who don't. Pink was a very popular color in that time.

[@penelopesmith2825]

They gave her the dress because it was the nicest dress they had in her size

[@geager2]

I actually think red and pink look really nice together. It's sort of one of these old fashioned concepts like not wearing black with brown, if you ask me

[@roxanne410]

I've actually modeled pallets after hers when I did colour designing lmao I think it looks amazing. Pastel pink is known to go with everything idk what you're saying man :')

[@daylite34]

I wish they would just market her "out on the town" dress. Like I get why they don't, but I actually really like that look.

[@kadijahamad9862]

daylite34 Ariel’s dress that she wears to town with Eric and Aurora’s dress when she meets Phillip were so beautiful to me as a kid. Till now I still wanna recreate that look

[@strawberrrymilk]

That dress was really nice

[@daisyperez2324]

They could glam it up and occasionally wear it in the park ✨

[@yee3133]

idkwhattocallmeself sameee

[@scofieldvictoria]

I love her "out on the town dress" and it actually looks good with her hair color. Besides, it was what she was wearing for both almost kisses, when Eric realized she was the one who saved him, and when she was outed as a mermaid.

[@Gnormous]

I like her "out of the water" glitter dress the best. That pink is a problem for exactly the reason you described.

[@faeriewhisky]

that's her best dress for real

[@rnelan1e]

They couldn’t market that to children though, but I agree

[@Gnormous]

@@rnelan1e very true

[@ombrenightcores4153]

Maybe they gave her a more “fitting” dress because it represented her growing into an adult. She’s not the child she was in the beginning.

[@Gnormous]

@@ombrenightcores4153 I like this

[@anya2325]

I feel like I'm the only person who was and still is completely in love with her pink dress, i wanted it so much when i was younger 😂😍

[@braeburnapfel5178]

Lmao I actually really like Ariel's pink dress and I don't think it looks weird with her hair 😂

[@ScionStorm1]

It does though. Because her hair is still the most vibrant color. With her skin tone a dress of multiple pinks against that striking hair. The hair is going to draw all the attention while everything else including her skin just start to fade together. It's not so much a problem within the narrative of the story. But choosing to market her with that specific dress was a bad choice.

[@taracanales9684]

When she said we associate Snow White with red I was like what?? I associate her with yellow, red, and blue never just one. edit: it’s so interesting to see how everyone associates things differently for the same thing

[@poisonivy909]

Yeah Snow White is mainly yellow and blue

[@lerinorthcott]

because Cinderella is the blue princess and Belle is the yellow princess. and since Snow White’s story had to do with apples and all etc, it makes sense that red would be her signature colour if she had one.

[@freefanzgacha6257]

I associate her with white

[@kristinahollosi]

same, i usually think of her as yellow and blue mainly, only a tiny bit red.

[@plipplop1769]

vMaybe red because they say she has skin as white as snow and lips as red as blood?

[@christa6298]

That blue dress was EVERYTHING when I was a little girl. It amazed me, captured my every little wish and dream, and mesmerized me. I still hope to find a dress as beautiful as Ariel’s blue sparkling dress one day and get to wear it to a fabulous event.

[@Historygeek2006]

PROM

[@edienandy]

I thought it was funny that she seemed to imagine it as sequined because I never imagined it that way.

[@yagirl1014]

My mom has that exact dress in her closet when we grew up and I couldn’t wait to grow up so I could wear it. Sadly she got rid of it before I had the chance😭

[@scarlettthorn109]

I love her pink dress though. It represents her character as being out of place well. But I also wish we would see more of her blue dress, I mean it’s so pretty and fits her better than the pink.

[@Pygorable]

I love the pink dress. It's one of my favourite Disney dresses. In my opinion, the red of her hair doesn't clash with the pink at all, for the pink is muted.

[@berrystein9197]

I think Ariel wears a pink dress because it represents her feelings: affection for the prince. Remember, colour of clothes in films is an expression of character. And the way the colour doesn't really look good on her may be so because of her not being able to truly express herself (green, the complementary colour for her colour scheme, only appears in scenes where she speaks), meaning Ariel showed how she felt mostly through looks. Pink dress was perfect for reflecting Ariel's affection and showcase her inability to say it.

[@unknowgirl8008]

Normally afection is represented with red

[@berrystein9197]

@@unknowgirl8008 red can represent strong affection because of being a vibrant colour. Pink usually represents femininity, something unnatural and some types of love. The kind of pink chosen for this dress represents affection but not immediate love towards Eric, as well as her being a fish out of water (both literally and figuratively). Ariel liked Eric mostly because of his looks when she first saw Eric on the ship. That's why the dress is pink and not red. However, for true love she needs to know him better (which happens further in the movie). Also red would just look weird with her hair colour and wouldn't match her personality.

[@unknowgirl8008]

@@berrystein9197 okay, now it makes sense

[@flora1496]

@@unknowgirl8008 actually pink is technically a light red ton

[@flora1496]

This is a very lovely explenation of her pink dress ! You just made me love more The Little Mermaid !

[@aesthetic_prince1427]

I remember when all the disney princesses wore bejeweled dresses in the mid-early 2000s. I also remember when they all wore gold randomly. Does anyone else remember that? Nostalgia. XD

[@accidentalalien4112]

I do!!!! Those were their prettiest gowns!!!!

[@ulyssesdenice5071]

I do! I still have some Princess stuff with their golden gowns on them and to be honest while I actually love the redesigns, I love the golden gowns just as much. They looked some pretty on them!

[@ulyssesdenice5071]

@@aesthetic_prince1427 Yeah. For me the new designs just looks so elegant, and naturally as someone who is a sucker detail they don't feel as plain as the old ones even if I liked the old ones too. And bruh, literally just now when I was packing up my childhood stuff for my move I found my old stickerbook and practically half of all my Disney Princess magazines with Princesses in their golden gowns on them.

[@aesthetic_prince1427]

@infinityrose92 I agree with you! I always liked Aurora's bejeweled dress. I always thought it looked more historically accurate than her regular dress, especially with the cape that came with it.

[@Ropazy]

OMG yes I was thinking the same thing. I also had a lot of princes stuff where the princesses have there gold and bejeweld dresses on. Personally I liked Cinderella's bejeweld dress the most, but maybe that's because I remember that one the best.

[@sageo7618]

I think the new green dress is stunning! Reminds me of fish scales and seems to fit her aesthetic the best. Although purple would have looked great too.

[@broookenoellee]

i actually think that the pink and red go really well together as, in that scene, her hair looks like it has more of a pink tone than it did in other scenes.

[@DragonFaerie]

I think the pink dress was to help accentuate the fact that she wasnt in her element, that she was a, fish out of water (I will not apologize for the pun)

[@kavyasasidharan]

I agree. Also, one should never apologize for a pun.

[@whohangedmyname]

I heard that Ariel's princess dress is a mashup of Snow White's, Cinderella's and Aurora's dresses but I don't remember where. It kinda shows anyways Snow White = the details in the puffy sleeves Cinderella= the skirt Aurora= the uncovered shoulders and long sleeves

[@mirkohoble]

There is a imagen in everywhere with that theory.

[@whohangedmyname]

@@mirkohoble I remember I first heard it in video but I don't remember which also it was in Spanish

[@billieinka]

i ALWAYS thought this as a kid when i watched the little mermaid. i always thought the puffy sleeves were like snow white's, the colour + long sleeves were like aurora's, but the skirt reminded me of belle more than cinderella.

[@dracowolf3212]

And Aurora's dress is pink (kinda)

[@leena75]

BUT WHY NOT BLUE? Aurora's dress is blue or pink because fairies were arguing over the color. Blue would fit ariel more than pink

[@Virginny]

The out on the town dress is my favorite of Ariels dresses. It fits her personality more and it matches Eric's clothes and its just the prettier dress.

[@unexpectedspider]

i love her pink dress. i like how pink and red look together and it’s a borrowed dress, so i thought the clashing was purposeful to demonstrate her discomfort in her new form. i find that with the rebranding, Merida and Ariel now both have red hair and green dresses with sparkles whereas previously they had different coloured dressed

[@purpleclaws202]

I'm sorry but it doesn't look good!

[@kenyataylor5773]

I feel like they did that intentionally, Ariel coming to the palace was a complete surprise. They probably just used any dress they had on hand. She’s a literal fish out of water. And the dress color does a really good job at showing that!

[@britney5256]

agreed, the marketing team is the one who made the mistake

[@moniqueneill]

I definitely agree!!! I heard that they purposely made it pink to show how out of place she is (a literal fish out of water) Edit: word

[@xladyfayre]

Oh I agree. But honestly, why did they need to use that on the merchandise though? She has other dresses and her big transformation moment was when her dad made her a dress with his triton! They should have used that for the marketing instead of a dress that found lying about the castle. If it was inappropriate for that, they should have made it not inappropriate or just used the Kiss the Girl dress for that instead.

[@sharonspears-mandeville2369]

kenya taylor exactly,kinda. Well,to be fair-Either Eric has (or previously had) a female relative whom used to own said iconic pink dress that was presumably was hand-tailored for them (or,in this case,as i'm going to imply by my own personal theory-Eric was probably theorized and/or going to be a princess before the time of his birth,but-as he was born male-it was instead probably going to be saved for if Prince Eric's parents were if to bear a spare that turned out to be a girl/princess..or possibly Eric DID have a younger sister at one time, whom was going to be given the dress,but she was presumably married off to another kingdom while Eric was a young adolescent,perhaps) and/or was/had supposedly been inherited to Eric if he had any ladies-in-waiting (Basically,in short-Eric-through inherited means-had this dress from a female relative,such as his mother or female cousin/relative from far away whom fits/is physically close to Ariel's body-type/figure,mind you.) Or Eric,via the help and assistance of Grimsby and his Royal (some of them mostly female) staff,had requested to acquire the services of the local tailor/dressmaker to commission a few clothing items for his young Lady-guest,including that same iconic pink dress she wears (not to mention that Casual/townsfolk dress/outfit and/or her pink nightgown of hers,to be honest),upon short notice and thus,they did deliver as follows,mind you again-so.

[@thatsawap4255]

I read that the reason Ariel's dress is green because of marketing. Back then, Aurora was already the "pink" princess and Disney wanted to capitalize on princesses in different colors. That's why you sometimes see Princess Jasmine in a purple outfit even though she usually wears teal. But now since there are more members in the princess lineup, you can see more than 1 princess wearing the same color.

[@goodnight2931]

I read that's why they cancelled Jane Porters Coronation to become an official Disney Princess, because her main dress is yellow, like Belle's, plus both having brown hair

[@NenadlPopovic]

@@goodnight2931 I guess main reason why Jane, Meg & Esmeralda aren't in the lineup is - those films were more marketed at boys, not girls. Especially Tarzan & Hercules, and back in the day princess stuff was aimed at little girls who just scream 'daddy buy me, buy me this & this I wanna be like Aurora!'

[@goodnight2931]

@@NenadlPopovic Yes that may be a small reason, though not entirely a true reason, Aladdin was like that for example. But the main reason is because they didn't do as good in the box office as Disney wanted them to. But I read Jane Porter was actually in the line up for a coronation, however was cancelled for the reasons I gave. She's the only one I read this about. I really would like if they had a coronation for all characters that should be a Disney Princess to make them official ones too, there's so many that should, but I know it will never happen now

[@NenadlPopovic]

@@goodnight2931 well Aladdin became a prince + there was already a princess within the movie, sultan too. Its like Cinderella gender-bend. But Jane, Esmeralda & Meg didn't have any connections to royalty. Mulan joined cuz of 'heroic act' and she is the only one without birth or marriage in the line. I think the most unfair ones are Elowny from Black Cauldron & Kida from Atlantis, which were actually princeses in their films. But as you mentioned, their movies are long forgotten - so if a girl didnt bring enough cash - Disney stops merchandising her.

[@goodnight2931]

@@NenadlPopovic No, I was using Aladdin as an example for you saying Jane, Meg & Esmeralda weren't in the line up was because their movies were marketed towards boys, not because Aladdin already had a princess & sultan in the movie. Also Esmeralda was part of the official line up too but also got cancelled. Same with Tinkerbell Mulan isn't the only official princess to not be born or married to a royal. Pocahontas & Moana are both daughters of a chief. They don't have to be royalty to be part of the official Disney franchise. There's actually a big list of reasons for characters to be able to become an official Disney princess & just as many reasons why they don't become one or are cancelled/removed from it. However, Disney only follow it when it suits them. The biggest reason being money earned I so agree about Eilonwy & Kida, & a few others

[@scottadams8202]

I love Ariel's pink gown because it embodies everything about her character within a single look. She's young , innocent minded, playful, romantic, and daring. Her dress reflects all of that, and the color scheme of her gown reminds me of Valentines Day ( Red, Pink, and White ). She looks like " love" if it was materialized into a person and considering love is a big part of her story, this makes a lot of sense.

[@evie296]

Just a side note that I learned from one of Lavendertownes videos, the pink dress might of been a way of symbolizing her being out of place, with the clashing colors and it appearing to big.

[@thunderspikes4064]

That's just a theory not really a fact. It's just an excuse.

[@veggie9755]

I actually think the pink dress looks good with her red hair. Maybe that's just me, but the pink dress is my favorite. However, I do think that the color doesn't make sense with her color palette. Honestly they should have gone with the seafoam green variation of the pink dress. I don't like the silhouette of her current dress. They should have stuck with the old silhouette with the seafoam green coloring and then left it alone

[@dragoncat3499]

Yes I agree. In marketing, the seafoam color can also be a nod to her mermaid origins, but also keep the silhoutte of the pink dress of the film.

[@peachybabe8540]

I hate the green dress tbh. Yes, it compliments her red hair better, but that’s not my Ariel that I know! She looks... weird. It’s hard to explain, but her character seems completely different in the green dress. I’ve always liked the pink dress because it’s youthful, innocent like that of a little girl, and a shade of blush that someone makes when they see their crush. It represents her feels for prince Eric and her innocence, ie how she has to learn how to function as a human like a baby.

[@jimthecactus7425]

Even though I grew up with the pink one I think she looks best in the green

[@TheFazbearShowtimer]

@@jimthecactus7425 same

[@quanashiab.9620]

@@TheFazbearShowtimer Hi fazbear showtimer

[@isabelbarroso3381]

I would have put her in sea green.

[@Name-de1ij]

I honestly like both of them tbh, the main thing that brothers me with the green is how there are two princess with pinks dresses which takes away the originality of both

[@gittevandevelde2208]

When you're a redhead literally wearing a pink hat in your avatar.

[@Nooooooooooooooooooooo7913]

I found your channel recently and I absolutely LOVE these princess dress videos. As an adult I’m embarrassed but it’s something about looking back over your childhood and being a fashion critic of all your favorite princesses growing up that I just love.

[@haeuca]

but there’s also the fact that she was wearing someone else’s clothes so of course it wouldn’t be her colour pallet. and maybe the person really liked pink so that’s why the nightgown was pink too

[@coreynmarie]

I honestly love the green dress more than pink

[@miriamdelaforce4306]

Same, It also reminds you of the whole mermaid thing.

[@sailorarwen6101]

I didn’t realize her dress changed, but looking at it I do prefer the color. The minty green is a pretty color and it looks great against the color of her hair

[@damaracarpenter8316]

I agree! It's just so striking.. the little mermaid was my favorite film as a kid and still is top 5 fav Disney films but that pink dress never made sense to me. It just looked so blah.

[@aquaticsparkle]

Green and red (her hair) are complementary colors so overall it just looks better

[@narnia1233]

Me too, I also love the color green in general and it’s great to see that type of green dress. I remember when I was in school going to a dance I tried looking for a pretty green dress but had trouble finding one. It was my favorite color, so yeah, love the new dress.

[@Cvnt_blvnt]

I loved her blue dress during the boat scene🥰

[@lauranaspeer5008]

I know several redheads and the average redhead actually looks amazing in pink. I think most people who don't look good in pink mostly have an undertone to their skin that makes them look sickly if they wear it like me personally.

[@tiffanyquasnitschka1901]

I agree. I have light olive skin and I never ever wear pink. If you’re a redhead your skin probably has pink/peach undertones and it would look amazing. I tried dying my hair red once and it made me look sick. Same idea

[@benkenobi8916]

Most natural redheads have an orange-ish hair tone unlike ariel whose hair is bright ass red. That's why true redheads look good in pink. However pink takes away from their hair colour, wearing complementary colours like green actually enhances their hair colour.

[@TheDrexxus]

I never realized how many dresses Ariel had. Damn. Also, never considered princess clothing at all, but now that i'm thinking about it, it made me realize something... When Ariel got her legs, why did her seashell bra just fall off? She got to the surface stark naked. So... Why did her bra fall off??

[@sparrowsong0]

she’s still wearing her seashell bra when she first becomes human though?

[@TheDrexxus]

@@sparrowsong0 I just rwatched it on Disney Plus. She does have her seashells on during the rise and on the surface. I just remembered it differently for some reason. I could've sworn they had all the camera angles from neck up or with "conveniently located hair" to cover the important bits. I could've sworn she was naked. Oh well.

[@shadowartist101]

@@TheDrexxus they could have changed it when they added it to disney plus?

[@TheDrexxus]

@@shadowartist101 I doubt it. Probably just the Mandela Effect at work. I can pretty vividly remember her being topless, but all evidence points to that not being the case. I think my brain is just playing tricks on me.

[@shadowartist101]

@@TheDrexxus possibly

[@teddypicker077]

Tbh I love her green dress, her shocking red hair and lagoon green dress don’t clash, green and red are complimentary colours, so they make each other stand out.

[@ariannebrodeur]

I def can see that the pink washes Ariel out a little bit but.. idk imo I don't think everything has to be CONTRAST. COLOR POP. BIG EYE CATCHER. I love understated, soft, blended monochromatic color schemes a lot too. And I think for me at least, the unique shape language of the dress is what MAKES it. It is SO flattering on Ariel, from the sleeves to the drop shoulder, I always loved how she looked in it. The color being so muted when surrounded by her hair helps me see and appreciate the actual dress and it's details itself. I honestly find Ariels red green and purple mermaid design horrendous lmao they are all almost the same value of BRIGHT saturatedness, and they are all SO evenly distributed in her design, like stacked on top of each other. I think the only reason it works is because it reads like a design to catch the attention of children, not look pleasing, and Disney is certainly always targetting to kids. I do think the pink dress but in the pale light green really suited her, but that extravagant version is also just icky to me lmao once again same saturation and only slightly darker value than her hair, I feel the lightness of the pink is what gives the contrast in her original dress look, instead of the actual hue of the pink. So idk, I love the pink dress on her and I think it's fine, much better than some of the other Disney princess dresses imo LMAO

[@charlieedwards4331]

OMFG THAT COMPUTER GAME SCREENSHOT JUST UNLOCKED A DEEPLY REPRESSED MEMORY FROM MY CHILDHOOD!

[@RainBowArcherer]

As a redhead myself, I can say that it really depends on the colour pink that is worn.

[@whutdafeq1715]

Fr i liked her pink nightgown

[@Sheena000]

They had a great opportunity to give her a mermaid silhouette dress. Would be really different from the other dresses that are all similar.

[@cj5803]

Literally but I guess it's cuz at the time the other princesses had ball gowns

[@nessyness5447]

it would not fit well with the time period theme of the movie and it would be way to sexy for her, ariel is curious and and childlike, she is not a sensual disney princess/girl like jasmine, megara, esmeralda or even elsa. ariel is on the innocent cute princess team.

[@mochann1133]

Sharina that wouldn’t match the time period though

[@Sheena000]

nessy ness I don’t think it would necessarily be sexy. It doesn’t have to be skintight. And she spends part of the movie just wearing her bra thing, I think that would be more sexy than a dress where she’s more covered. I didn’t consider the time period though. That makes it more difficult, but if they were going to give her a dress that doesn’t appear in the movie anyway why not stray from that?

[@payingtoplay]

She had one when she changes back in the end on the beach

[@margesimpsond]

2:10 Shaggy be jabbin scoobys eye out

[@Cloudnerd]

Really interesting analysis of her dresses! I also loooove her leisure dress when she's out on the town with Eric. It's similar to Aurora's peasant out which I also adore. My theory to the use of pink is it was a sign of the times, late 80s loved that pink and poofy fluffy dresses. Hence her nightgown being pepto bismol pink too. I do agree though, it doesn't check with her hair. The dress I wish they had been brave enough to use was that silver sparkly number her dad gave her at the end! GORGEOUS

[@emilyg7943]

Although Arial isn't the first princess, the success of her movie and following princess movies established the Disney Princess Brand. The Little Mermaid launched the Disney Renaissance. When designing Arial, they may no have forseen branding consequences. The princess lineup is now considered when designing the modern princesses.

[@redscreen2530]

Ariel*

[@emilyg7943]

Oh wait, I was talking about a typeface not a mermaid 😂 thanks @@redscreen2530

[@gachananir14]

Honestly, Ariel's pink dress is one of my favorite princess gowns, I've always really loved it.

[@AlaynaMoebius]

Omg. Yes! Me too. (not to mention The little mermaid was my favorite movie. Almost worned out the VHS 😂). I can still feel the awe I felt when I watched it as a kid. Also, the flowing lines of the drawing, for almost all of her dresses... Make them seem so natural on her.

[@gachananir14]

@@AlaynaMoebius True!! It's also one of my all time favorite disney movies!

[@owlo_oowl]

Same

[@Luizzact]

I hope they make her live action dress purple, she HAS to wear a purple dress would be so cool 😭😭

[@davidamitchell8157]

I actually always thought that she looked great in the pink dress. The red and pink and white together is actually cute. Strawberry shortcake has a similar color palette.

[@priscillaruiz687]

Honestly my favorite was always the one where Triton turns her human and she comes out of the sea with that sparkly purplish dress...

[@lemonyylime]

I didn’t even realize people had a problem with her dress XD

[@mksalvador4655]

ariel, tiana, and jasmine's princess dresses are my favorite ones when i was a kid♡♡♡

[@alexiaeve52]

The pink dress is my fav princess dress ever! I love the shape and the colour and the layers 😍

[@nemisyne]

When you see her with the pink gown, her hair tends to be an almost pink red, so I don't think it clashed, especially because pink is red mixed with white. You also see the color duo everywhere during Valentine's. Rather than the colors clashing, I think it just doesn't catch the eye since they're so close together.

[@ScionStorm1]

That's exactly the point. Clashing isn't the problem. Red and multiple pinks create 'everything fades together' problem. In this case Ariel's hair is still the most vibrant color on her so all the attention gets drawn to her hair and everything else just faded together' including her skin tone.

[@antidave]

Clashing colors would be fun but colors just don't look good and it's very faded in general so it just doesn't stand out much

[@justscarlette1744]

So here are my thoughts on the symbolism of Ariel’s dresses: I love how pink is a color that means charming, sweet, flirty, affection and over all “girly”. Ariel’s a young girl who has a lot of affection for Eric- the first impression on the audience is mostly the characters reactions- lovely ness. This is important because Ariel’s lost her voice and doesn’t have any way to convey these feelings yet- just through colors and well, body language (appearances). Also- the red/ pink and fabric material is soooo 80s which is relatable for the movies release date. Secondly- the ending silver dress. Look at the dress- I mean really look at it. It shimmers and sparkles the same way that light reflects off the oceans surface. The same father that was constantly in torment at his young daughter “flittering off to the surface” gives her the gift of legs and a dress that resembles where the ocean and surface meet. I think that’s really sentimental with the relationship between Ariel and her father. So yeah. And lastly, the dress that’s probably most authentic to Ariel is the blue dress. Blue complements her, relates back to the ocean she comes from, but it’s also fun for her first real experience with being on land. Anyways as for the new green dress.. I don’t have a problem with the COLOR, just the overall art revamp style but that goes for ALL the princesses with this new look. It’s just.. bleh. But anyways- I hope i was able to share some ideas about those dresses with whoever decides to read this lol// cry.

[@spaacedust]

I actually really like the changed green dress. It looks like it fits her more. I remember when I was younger I was wondering why the wasn’t in the film

[@marybethmorrison]

I feel like we’re asking the wrong question. The real question is... whose pink clothing is Ariel wearing, her first day at the castle? There don’t seem to be any magical creatures on dry land to whip up a pretty trousseau in a matter of a few hours. Can we all take a moment and ponder this other character in this story, that we never see, but who surely must exist?

[@anne-do2rd]

its a castle. in a castle, a rich royal family lives, surely they got lots of spare dresses to lend anytime

[@anonview]

I always just assumed that it belonged to Prince Eric's late mom, just like the OG pink dress that Cinderella tried to sew in time for the ball.

[@themaninthebox4906]

Idk who said it but in a critique of the little mermaid the reviewer said that the pink dress was purposely choosed by the creators to show how does the protagonist doesn't fits with the human world and how awkward does she looks to the other characters, that's why the combination looks so off

[@E_btsot798]

Yeah I like her dresses in both movies because they compliment the scenes she appears in and her situations in those actual scenes

[@D0MiN0ChAn]

Still, to have that random pink dress afterwards become her signature princess dress was kind of sad -- it makes sense for the scenes in the film, but from a marketing standpoint not so much. The redesign makes much more sense in my opinion.

[@D0MiN0ChAn]

@@vilwarin5635 Oh, I know that we wouldn't have had the Disney Renaissance if it weren't for The Little Mermaid. Which is why don't get why they didn't change Ariel's dress when the Disney Princesses eventually came into being, considering how unmemorable & unflattering her dress really was, at least color-wise. As I said, its existence makes perfect thematic sense within the movie itself, but later down the line not so much. I like the redesign from pink to the lovely seagreen, since it fits Ariel so much more; not only color-wise but also seeing as she is no longer the fish out of water from the movie, but a real princess who found her prince 🤷‍♀️ EDIT: Granted, she was technically already a princess in her own right without Eric -- a mermaid princess at that; which is why the new dress design also makes much more sense, imho.

[@j.kaimori3848]

@@vilwarin5635 apparently they were though, pink dresses were in at the time. Not necessarily merch sales, but for tickets. They chose to add pink where it worked for the scenes. I don't think they imagined it sticking around so long and as the "proper" dress though.

[@flowermoonstudio2782]

i've always loved the pink dress since imo pink is the most youthful, child-like "girly" color and i just thought it was adorable and fit her vibe so well. however, i can see where youre coming from when you say it makes her washed out and i, too, think her best fit is the blue dress. to be honest, i think the pink clashes more with her previous character designs than her hair. i like the red and pink together, and even though a lot of people disagree with that combo, i think people would be more accepting if ariel had a more feminine color scheme like many of her sisters. between her purple seashells (which, as you mentioned, are associated with villains) and a tail so green she could be mistaken for a crocodile, the pink really does seem to come straight out of nowhere. however, considering the little mermaid kicked off the disney renaissance and considering where disney's animation devision weas BEFORE the little mermaid... yeah, i wont compare her to anyone who came after 😂 they did a good enough job

[@j.kaimori3848]

@infinityrose92 blue is also their peasant dress colour aside from Cinderella, and even then, it could be considered symbolic of her secret home life. So for the older films, they wanted anything not blue for the fancy reveal.

[@plutoberry6393]

I honestly love the pastel green dress that you can see when all of the ariels are lined up

[@zitawhitlock8444]

And still, even after everything you said, Eric still thought she looked beautiful 😌✨💗

[@justdontaskidk302]

Because Ariel is literally my absolute favorite princess ever, I associate her with all of her costumes but most of the time I just think of her mermaid self, it just makes sense, the whole plot of the movie is that she can't not be a mermaid, I do like the dress, but I will admit, it doesn't make a ton of sense but also kinda does. It's different, it's not the standard that you would think of for a mermaid because, well, they didn't know she was one. When one thinks of the general idea of a princess, they think of pink, simply from the princess stereotype. Carlotta, the maid, dresses Ariel in what appears to be the idea of what a princess would wear. Now, you may be like "well they didn't know she was a princess" well yes, but she was a girl, who Eric thought was nice and pretty and funny, and unlike other Disney storylines, Eric was allowed to marry any girl he chose as long as he married, at least, that's what we can assume as it is never mentioned he MUST MARRY A PRINCESS. Anyway, Carlotta dressed her like a princess, presumably, because she and Grimsby were, in the words of Donkey: animals, and they got instincts. They could see the chemistry so they dressed her in what was seen as the finest in fashion AKA a princess dress. At the end of the movie, you can see Ariel is wearing the same style, however it suits her better, it's white because it's a wedding dress but the seafoam green makes it more her style. So in the end, she is getting used to the human world and has learned how to be her same quirky self while still enjoying the life of a human. Anywho thanks for coming to my ted talk.

[@ruepaul]

Amazing Lin Manuel Miranda profile picture

[@Nuswodahs]

I thought the pink dress made perfect sense. It was not her. It was something they had or bought to dress her with. Where as the dresses in the sequel made sense because she could choose or have made anything she wanted for her style.

[@justdontaskidk302]

@@Nuswodahs exactly!

[@justdontaskidk302]

@infinityrose92 oh that makes sense

[@kittenmimi5326]

Ya it doesn't look good on her but totally makes sense and fits in with the story. Someone also mentioned how the unfitting dress represents awkward ariel in the human world

[@Katielovegood44]

As a kid I clearly over thought this.... but I love that she had the red hair and pink gown. Showed me that u don’t need to listen to nonsense fashion rules lol

[@kittenmimi5326]

Looks kinda dull tho. If the color tones are altered a bit it'll work.

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Certain colors and tones are always going to look more flattering together than others.

[@emilynewhouse6956]

im a redhead and love wearing pink but sadly at my last headshot shoot my photgrpaher sais not to wear it for headshots. Fine for auditions and everyday, but not in photos. oh well. green makes my hair so much more vibrant and blue brings out my eyes...

[@melissamybubbles6139]

I think pink and red are lovely together. It just very much depends on whether their chromas clash. A pink tone with a red shade look terrible together, whereas a muted cranberry is sweet with a dusty rose.

[@quinn870]

I think the blue village type dress is actually really suited to Ariel’s character

[@brookea4478]

I disagree with thinking red and pink don't match. Pink is just a less saturated red, they are in the same color family.

[@ModernGurlz]

i mention that i disagree with the sentiment, i do think red and pink work together (lucille ball always killed it in pink)! but in ariel's case... perhaps not.

[@peachybabe8540]

Brooke A THANK YOU 😭

[@maximeleroy2693]

actually like how ariel wears many colors throughout the movie, i feel like we’re so used to disney princess wearing one color through the movie, it gets kind of boring, but i get your point

[@bruh-js7tz]

i think she looks nice in the pink dress. the green dress looks pretty, but i just prefer the pink dress lol

[@ruaoneill9050]

Her dress in the 'Kiss the Girl' scene was my fave. I thought everything about that scene was so gorgeous when I was wee

[@annabelrhodes3035]

It's so forgettable that until this video I didn't even realise it was in the actual movie, I thought they invented it for marketing purposes

[@annabelacosta4440]

Annabel Rhodes not related to the comment but we’re name buddies!! :):)

[@sicklyfoalfrombrowndesert5052]

Annabel Rhodes I forgot she had a dress too but I’m glad it’s been addressed

[@dragonlover439]

Her dress was so forgettable I didn’t even remember it in the marketing. I only watched the movies like twice and I liked other princesses more than her, so in a lineup, I only ever remembered her as a mermaid.

[@annabelrhodes3035]

@@annabelacosta4440 and spelt the same as well! :)

[@UnicornskullSims]

I'm a redhead and pink is one of my favorite colors to wear. It looks good on me. I think the problem with Ariel's red/pink combo is that her hair is tomato red, not a coppery color like a lot of redheads. Tomato red and pink indeed look bad together.

[@nessyness5447]

exactly she has a lollipop red, i had my hair dyed that color for a year and i basically had to forget about my pink clothes because it looked very weird, so after that i changed it to turquiose.

[@lizardpoo8524]

She's not really a proper redhead tho. Her hair is completely the classic red colour rather than kind of orange so that's why.

[@LennyTheHopeless]

Red and pink is literally one of my favorite color combinations lol

[@zwikiify]

yo i used to LOVE that ariel game u just awakened a memory deep within me

[@rani-bw8mx]

I like Ariel's dress because it doesnt fit her character design. I mean was the palace really supposed to have a perfect dress that fits her to a T and is in her color scheme on hand? I think it makes it more realistic and endearing.

[@mel-lt9or]

Tbh the pink dress is iconic for me, but I like the green and blue dress too.

[@Eepop_stuffs]

I remember my tia Hulie made me the pink dress, and I wore it on my fifth birthday. For the whole hour of present opening. I thought it looked fine, and I even had one of those clip-on dress dolls with the pink dress, but at the same time, I am a brunette, and anything looks fashionable when you're five years old.

[@grobe6540]

When the time of live-action frozen comes, I really hope they put them in actual traditional bunads. That representation of norwegian culture would mean a lot to me.

[@lumather4098]

Ariel's sparkly gown is the gown of my dreams I was obsessed as a child it looked like it was made of magic! Ariel's puff sleeves give me so much lifeeee

[@Spectra651]

"Red and Pink Don't Mix" Valentine's Day: AM I A JOKE TO YOU? (I do agree, tho, blue-green would have looked so much better on Ariel had they used it from the start)

[@RoseEyed]

It would also call back to her being from the sea really well, similar to how her tail is green

[@vrinda6223]

thats actually the big reasons of why i hate valentines day lol

[@kamillazova9597]

I actually loved and still love her pink dress, however the green dress does look very lovely on her. I could see how the pink dress washes her out a bit, but the pink dress and red hair looks so cute to me haha.

[@maytalacedo20]

I remember I had a modern polly pocket with Ariel's and all her gowns except the glitter blue dress at the finale. I was so mad because I love that dress and I want it to happen.