What went wrong with the costumes of the new ''The Little Mermaid''...
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- Who else wanted to see Ariel in a beautifull princess dress or ballgown? Cause i wanted, and in this video i dont only talk about that but also the actual costumes of Ariel and other characters. The historical inpirations and more! And anyways hope everybody have a great time!!
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@@Mila-zu6ru i didn't even said thank you but OK....
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I am personally felt she looked so modern even compared to the other women in the movie. I wish she had her "explore the village dress" and the puffy pink 80's inspired floor length with the sleeves. I wanted that dress so badly as a little girl.
I totally understand that they wanted to modernize the 1830 look because it is about ariel. Surely for them it would be very rare that we see Ariel with a correct hairstyle and dress but it still works. Because the little mermaid doesn't happen in reality and it's not a historical movie, so I understand that they wanted to make it more compatible with today's fashion. Even so, it is true that I was also expecting even an iconic dress of hers, the light blue and the white at the end did not reach that position...
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The pink dress at the end was pretty, but seemed a little too short to me? I don’t know, just seemed out of place in the setting with all the other 1800s looking dresses, plus I’m biased as the pink dress I was expecting for Ariel would’ve been like the one she wore to dinner in the original 😅. Though I am very disappointed in how they showed her reuniting with Eric and I know I’m not alone on this. I know soooo many fans who’s favourite part from the original was her emerging from the water with the sunrise reflecting her sparkly lilac dress and it was a *crime* us viewers (and Halle) were deprived of such an iconic moment. 😢💜
Exactly! I was expecting at least one magical dress or a long Ball gown...
Ariel and Belle’s animated costumes are definitely my favourites and unfortunately have been the most disappointing in their live action counterparts
I love the blue dress and how it kinda looks like flowing water but I was honestly disappointed that was her dress for most of the movie. It didn’t really feel like a princess dress although it fits her as a newbie in town dress. I just feel like it’s a missed opportunity since HALLE IS GORGEOUS. She slayed those premiere dresses. Also wasn’t feeling the pink headband and I’d have liked a hat or a flower instead. Love the pink boots as well, the little seashell was a nice touch.
Edit: I didn’t even realize Vanessa’s boots had tentacles to foreshadow her connection to Ursula. They did not hold back on the boot designs for this film ahaa.
Exactly! I would have loved to see Halle in beautiful princess dresses or even magical and fantasy dresses! Honestly, the premiere dresses had a lot more variety than the actual costumes in the movie (from Ariel's perspective).
Yeah! The boots totally killed!!
Bit off-topic, but speaking of the inspiration for Snow White: I would love to see a properly costumed historical movie set in the German renaissance. I love the dresses on Cranach's portrait, for me there's something so modern and fancy about them - might be the jaunty hats which remind me a bit of the 40's and 50's high fashion. One can dream...!
I think the same! I really love early 16th century German fashion, of course wishing a movie set in those times and beeing able to see proper dresses!
I liked her mermaid outfit, but the reason they chose to give her a scale bralette didn't make sense.
The designers said she gave her a scale bralette because it was too difficult to make a shell bralette. However, that doesn't make any sense to me because people who aren't even professionals make shell bralettes all the time. Not only that, but they could have made it CGI.
It's also very unclear if her bra is made out of fish skins from dead fish, or she was born with those scales attached to her(or something else). If it's the ladder; then why is that not talked about in the movie?
I think the biggest reasons Ariel doesn't have as many costume changes are because of Covid, lack of time, and budget. I think they wanted to give Ariel more dresses to wear, but ran out of money and time to make them. Ariel always sells better as a mermaid than as a human, so it's not surprising that they focused more on Ariel's mermaid look than her human look. [Also, for anyone wondering why she wore a bandana, the reason is because some of the locs she had to wear for the movie were starting to fall off. It is kind of similar to when one of the actresses from high School Musical mentioned she wore headbands in the movie because no one on set knew how to work with her hair.]
Also, I know Ariel was fascinated by the human world, but I wanted to see more of the mermaid world in the movie, along with some historical afro-caribbean styles. Disney is making an Ariel TV show for disney junior and it will explore more of the Caribbean areas and cultures, so I am excited about that.
Covid i think wont be ab factor because they have budgets for the costumes way ahead of filming
@@joselgarlitos6368 Covid can affect budgets for costuming if the executives decide to make cuts there during covid. The costume designers actually discussed how they designed a lot more costumes for ariel but were forced by the executives and producers to cut a lot of them out. Basically, the movie wasn't able to showcase all of the costume team's creativity and research.
@@medtle1 Me too! I was also wanting to see more of Atlantica, gladly they are gonna make that animated series for the younger audience!
@@medtle1 Now that I think about it, you may be right, but have you seen other period series or movies that were filmed or that at some point in production suffered from Covid? Because even with all the problems they had, their costumes didn't suffer from any big changes in terms of budget. Some even had a much lower budget than The Little Mermaid and even did a good job. What's more Collen Atwood said that she started researching the costuming of the movie at the end of 2018 and doing them in 2019 pre-covid era. But hey I may be wrong!
The fact that Queen Selena has more dresses than Ariel 💀
💀💀 exactlyyy. Maybe because Disney is not going to sell dolls or merchandising from her, she gets more costumes ??? Or obviously because she is a queen and as such has a greater number of costumes?
who knows...
The dreaded tight-lacing trope continues to show up in 2023 sadly.
Sadly it does, but at least she is wearing a corset hahaha!😋
I almost screamed in frustration in the cinema when I saw that scene. There was no point to it other than being a trope and no-one has been talking about it. The way they tied her boots frustrated me too .
@@LadyDragonbane Yeah there is no need to add that scene i mean it wasnt even in the original movie... but they definetly included it for us to talk about it and for the aesthethic of the film.
I was waiting for someone to mention the costumes. They looked horrible. The hair bandana, the faded blue skirt ugh.
I didn’t hate bandana. I have locs and usually wear bandanas or headbands when my hair is down to keep my hair from flopping into my face
One of the people who helped work on the costumes confirmed the dress at the end is indeed her wedding dress. For some reason, Disney has just been calling them "celebration" gowns since they did the same thing for Beauty and the Beast.
Ariel wears a kind of pink and white dress in the ending; I wish there would have been more with it; perhaps the movie gets a sequel and then Ariel will also get a more lovely proper ball gown....though, I wish that it wouldn't be pink, but more like a turqouise or emerald color...
Yeah me too, i wish her last dress would have been more decorated, but still it was lovely!
Definetly she deserved either a pink or emerald dress...
I *hated* all the outfits in the live-action, Halle deserved better!!! She would've looked gorgeous in the pink princess dress :)
Great video and I love your designs! This is easily my favorite disney live action but the lack of costumes and extravagance really stopped it from being PERFECT.
How is every other woman - including the extras - gonna have more extravagant and prettier dresses than the lead? Just upsetting and frustrating!
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I don’t mind her the blue dress she wore, but I wish her wedding dress/farewell dress was more extravagant. I guess they saved most of the budget for the water and tail animation
I definitely think the same! I feel like it would have been beautiful! As I mentioned in the video, I imagined a huge and beautiful dress, with lots of decoration (and historical references). Knowing the significanse and impact the wedding gown had in the 1980s it would have been a cute shout out to the original. and perhaps Ariel could have taken it off before getting into the boat in an act of rebellion. and under that dress she would be wearing the last one (that is, the white and pink one) from the movie. Not only would it have been beautiful to look at but also even better for marketing i mean imagine the amount of beautiful dolls that would be sold from Halle dressed as a bride!
due to some rumors it is believed that there were not so many costume changes and it is truly a shame. Even Vanessa had more dresses in the animated...
The blue dress was meant to be her village dress tho (which is in the animation) and I did like it. But the fact they she wore the village for 3 days just didn't sit right.
I’m not gonna lie! I haven’t enjoyed any of the live adaptation! None of them!!!! However! I loved the costumes in all of them even if they aren’t historically accurate! 👍🏻
Yeah i think the costumes really saved some of the live actions!
She's NOT Ariel...,
I also didn't like the scuttle song either😂
I don't think this dress was mentioned in the video, but I remember in the movie Ariel had made her own dress out of boat sails, and I feel like that should have been in the live-action to because it would have been so iconic.
Halle Bailey is so talented, she deserved better.
I agree with everything you said. Thank you for doing your research! I love the inspo pics! That dress you designed was gorgeous, and you are so talented ❤
hahaha yeah! the scuttle butt song should have been replaced by lengthening other scenes or incorporating other things, like making the sisters more active characters perhaps, or adding a scene in which Ariel would wear a ball gown.
Yes I didn't mention the dress made of ship's sails but it's true that I missed it, it's a comical and iconic moment from the animated movie!
I adore and admire Halle Bailey for a long time, I met her in 2019 and I've loved her ever since! One of my wishes was to see her live the dream of being a disney princess! like all the others did, with their sparkly dresses and iconic looks. I definitely expected to see her live the moment of a disney princess! And thank you very much for your kind words, and I love that you liked the drawing I made of her!
😢 u're right I didn't like either
i think because this is now a live action adaptation of the animated one, it will be so over the top and not reality-base to give Ariel beautiful dresses. in animation, artists can do whatever they like to draw costumes into the characters. in live acton adaptation, the creators are now thinking of the "reality" of the real world. where will Ariel get those "dresses"? don't tell the housekeeper will just give her another of her daughter's gowns? its so much practical and grounded in real life that she has that one dress, after all, there is a big pay off with that dress when Prince Eric find it tattered at the end of the movie before the fight with Ursula
Look, it's completely understandable that the movie wants to be a little more realistic with some details, but honey. We are dealing with a movie that has magic, sea witches, talking animals and even mermaids. Things that in the 1830s (the decade in which not only the story but also this movie takes place due to the costumes and etc.) did not exist. It's a magical movie for children whether we like it or not and it's very sad that they didn't want to give her one or two more costumes in other scenes, I also didn't say in the video that I didn't like the light blue dress and that I didn't want to see it in the whole movie. I just said that they missed a great opportunity to show variety in their wardrobe even in scenes where a change of clothes would have been perfect but hey I'm not going to repeat what I say throughout the video because it would be in vain. Also thanks for the comment!
The live action is crap there nothing remotely enjoyable about it
Although for me some live actions are not crap it is true that I understand the frustration of many. There were especially some that I did not like.
I wouldn’t say it’s crap. That would be too harsh
I thought it was alright, I enjoy any underwater movies, but it mostly mediocre
So you haven't watched it? Ok.
Nothing. The costumes were fabulous. Also doesn't that costume designer have like 5 Oscars? How many Oscars does this UA-cam nobody have?
hahaha I love this comment, I appreciate your honest opinion. but darling, movies are generally made to be criticized in a good or bad way depending on the subject. In this case, I'm talking about the costumes, and obviously I didn't win an Oscar and I don't mind winning one because I know I'm still authentic even with weird people like you. I know I'm nobody, but we all have the right to comment and criticize what we want. As you have just commented on this criticism, well, I criticize the costumes of the film. Also the fact of knowing how to have self-criticism and empathy...
And at what point does having Oscars make you truly authentic and immune to public criticism? because dear I think that it was not so
1) Have you seen some of the costumes that were awarded with an Oscar (like Greta Gerwig's Little Women)? It's clear they're given by the collective of the Academy, which means a whole bunch of people (editors, actors, special effects people etc) who specialise in other aspects of moviemaking and don't necessarily have much of an idea about costumes, they just go by "ooh I liked this one". Criticising their choice by someone who actually spent time learning about a specific aspect of costuming is absolutely valid. (This is of course NOT to say that this particular designer didn't do an amazing job on other movies - also she is of course limited by what the director and producers want - or that you're not allowed to like the costumes in this one)
2) Her critique of the costumes was much more constructive, friendly and actually appreciative of the designer's work than your comment where you call her "a nobody".
3) But hey, at least your comment is helping her algorithm so her channel can get bigger, which her content absolutely deserves!
@@AW-uv3cb thank you so much for youre kindness!
You're ignorant
Me realizing the reason why I'm annoyed with the way she speaks is because it's severely unscripted
...?? Unscripted.... Girl, I had my notes literally next to me while I was making the video. these notes were made 2 weeks ago on may 25th... i still can't believe the things people get mad about but thanks anyway.
The way she speaks its definitely not annoying.. if you dont like it then get out of her channel. No need to leave your rude comment. Blessings ❤
@@rydiaofmist thanks a lot for your kind words!♥️🌹
I love your hearing your thoughts in this video. You put a lot of detail and care into it. Thank you so much for making it! 🤍🍴 Paul
Now I want to find out more about the Caribbean Art Direction and Fashion History of the West Indies!
Thank you very much for your kind words! I love 1830's fashion so I found it very entertaining to talk about it. I definitely admire the Caribbean fashion of that time, unfortunately I didn't talk too much about the middle or lower class because the dresses shown in the movie belong more to the upper class. And although the scene of the town is exquisite in terms of colors and detail, it is true that it does not look completely accurate. What's more, the designer made the costumes of the town more colorful due to their proximity to the world of the sea, contrasting with the court of the palace, which wear lighter colors and are not so striking due to their rejection and ignorance of the kingdom of the ocean.
@@felixortizmadamequeen7731 Oh, that is some nice storytelling in the costuming!
The conflict between the two worlds being displayed in the colour palette, I mean. I will look more into the towns folk and their Caribbean textile and cultural references.
If there is a sequel, I'd love to see Arielle in an emerald or bottle green full-length gown. I think this color is used in the 1830s.
Like you, I do prefer the original pink gown as well, but it might be nice to see something new. Plus it could tie in to her green dress in the cartoon merchandise, dolls, and parks.
I appreciate the conversation!