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Continuing my historically accurate Disney princesses! It makes me happy.

The Little Mermaid is hard to place from a time period standpoint- Grimsby's wearing a Georgian getup, Ariel's pink dress with the slashed sleeves subscribes to several eras from the Renaissance to the 1840's, Eric is... Eric.

I went with Ariel's wedding dress as a starting point since those gigantic leg-o-mutton sleeves (so embarrassingly popular in eighties wedding fashion) were a great starting point for an 1890's evening gown. It's also not unfeasible that Eric's cropped tailcoat could be from the same era, so I'm sticking with my choice. PLUS Ariel with Gibson girl hair? COME ON IT IS AWESOME.

I'm still not sure if I'd try to squeeze her pink dress in the same time period or if I'd just throw up my hands and draw it with a hoop skirt, but we'll see.

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~mormonbookworm 4 days ago Hobbyist Writer

My first thought "WHAT THE HECK IS SHE TRYING TO HIDE IN THOSE SLEEVES?"
(I blame it on some smuggling research I've been doing.....)

~marmota-b-stock Apr 19, 2013 Photographer

I love these, too. This particular picture struck me as surprisingly similar to an existing painting...
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The second one down. It has smaller sleeves, admittedly, but a very, very similar colour combination, and it's the same era!

~CriminalSpirit Apr 12, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I love these historically accurate princesses!

The green dress looks awesome, the pink one from the movie is not that flattering.

~lollypopliz4 Apr 9, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

In my opinion it was like Disney didn't know what to do with Ariel and then just stuck her in a pink dress. (which doesn't go with red hair AT ALL!)

~blusteryautumnbreeze Apr 9, 2013

OH MY GOODNESS.

*EvilVampireDucky Apr 9, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

I think the only reason disney used the giant puffy sleeves was because it was so popular

Ariel had to be fashionable, and it did come out in the 80s

Why disney, why did you give her those sleeves

~Ki-Plueschie Apr 8, 2013

pretty

=mishihime Mar 16, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I actually love that puff sleeve trend. It has always seemed very princess like and elegant. I detest the way wedding dresses look now, sleeveless.

I would love to see the pink dress version of this character.

=KumoSama Mar 6, 2013 Student Digital Artist

I've seen these several times but I had no idea you had a deviantart- I adore these versions of the disney princess garments and how much thought you put into them! All of them are stunning, and I really especially like that Ariel's bouquet is seaweeds, a fantastic detail!

*shoomlah Mar 6, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks so much!

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