debunking fan theories about ariel’s princess dress 🦀🍴🌊 

Honestly the dress is very romantic, and the way she moves in it shows her innocence and dreaminess. It wasn’t the best color on her as a cherry redhead I agree, but its rather adorable

meanwhile here I am sitting and thinking Ariel's pink dress is very pretty.... i had no idea people disliked it this much, what

Never understood why people were so against Ariel's pink dress, especially considering how its puffed sleeves are clearly an ode to Snow White, which to me, reads as paying tribute to the originator of the Disney princess brand. While I do think Ariel's restyled tealish-green dress looks pretty on her as well, she looks great in the pink dress, and as MG mentions, other characters in the film think so too. Besides, if we're going to discuss how it supposedly clashes against her brilliant red hair, let us not forget she goes into town with Eric wearing a *light* blue dress, when it's *dark* blue that is most often considered to work well with bright red...♥💙

I assumed they switched her into the blue/green dress because it made her more recognizable to being both a princess and a mermaid

My theory is that she chose the dress herself because she liked the color, especially because her nightgown is also pink so maybe pink is one Ariel’s favorite colors.

I actually prefer the pink dress over the seafood green one. I think this coral pink is actually quite flattering on her and the shape of it is prettier than the green one made after. At the time Disney was marketing Aurora more with the blue dress and Cinderella's dress was still seen as silver, so pink was up for grabs and Ariel rocks it imo.

Weirdly enough, I actually like the pink dress on Ariel because of the saturation of the colours. The pink being so light makes it is easy to see against the deeper red of her hair; the colours don't blend in together, so I personally don't find that it clashes. But, that's just me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Can't wait till the day we'll discuss about Ariel's dresses from the live action movie! Ppl said she's gonna have about 8 outfits!

I'm a common man, I see my favorite Disney princess, I click

I just HOPE TO GOD in the new live action they do not give Hallie a green dress instead of pink bcs it will look gorgeous on her skin tone

I think it just all boils down to the stigma of “redheads look bad in pink/look good in green”

I always found it so fascinating that people HATED the dress on her- as a little girl in the early 2000s I ADORED her dress- i wanted everything i owned to be pink and i wanted my hair to be red like hers too! I miss her pink dress and the fact that they changed it to resemble her fin more in the parks makes sense… but i like the original best.

I actually loved her pink dress. I remember being mesmerised by it when I little. And I loved it with her striking red hair

I actually like this dress and I'm tired of pretending I don't!!! I love the big over the top 80s sleeves, if anything I wish the pink was more vibrant

I wish there was the budget for a Moderngurlz spinoff where the characters from the intro go on a Totally Spies or Winx Club style adventure. I'm always wondering about their backstory!

I really don't get the hate that her pink dress receives. I never thought it was ugly, in fact I've always loved it. Her sleeves resemble shells to me & the pink shade compliments her red hair (imo) and pearl details. While the green dress disney later decides to market does arguably look better on her, the pink dress FEELS like a dress Ariel would pick. Especially because it's bright color is youthful and fun just like her 🫧🦀🪸

Princess auroras eye color is interesting bc if you look up animation cells for when they appear purple they’re actually blue. I think it’s due to a recolor on a rerelease that they’re purple in the cottage.

80's kid here. Going to see The Little Mermaid at the theater was a pivotal moment of my childhood. I love her dress. I know it clashes with her hair, and I don't give a flying fig. I can fully admit that it is very much of the time though. I don't hate the green dresses either though, but the pink one is the one I prefer. I agree that they should've gone with the purple dress if they were going to change it anyways though. They're sort of been actively ignoring the sequel, which I think is silly because I thought it was actually quite good, and sort of trying to pigeonhole her into staying a 16 year old forever. Anyways, pink poofy sleeved dress forever.

I always thought the pink dress was just a 1980s trend they put in the movie because the animated film was made in the 80s

As a child of the 80's, Ariel's pink dress and wedding dress were the most beautiful dresses I had ever seen. I wanted them so bad. It's hard to hear people think the pink dress was intentionally ugly. It goes to show how much tastes change.

I always thought that Ariel's "official" disney princess look should have been her mermaid look and her park outfit would be a dressed up version of her purple sea dress at the end of the film. I think if Jasmine can get away with wearing a two piece, Ariel can wear something more daring. I could be modified to have a similar style/look to Aurora's dress as well. I also am not a fan of Tiana wearing her wedding dress as her disney princess dress too. It should be her ending outfit.

My mom’s bridesmaids dresses in the 80s had been pink with puffy sleeves. I just realized. LOL. EDIT to add: I haopen to love her in her pink dress. I didn't realize others didn't.

Can you do evolution of prom dresses and what you think the trends would be for this year prom dresses.

i personally think her pink dress looks adorable on her, but to each their own

Ariel’s puffy sleeves in her dress actually match up very well with the 1830s era of very early Victorian era & when the original fairy tale was first published. They loooved their romantic puffed sleeves. Though that shade of pink was definitely not popular in that time. Though wasn’t impossible to make a pink dress either. You should look up 1830s puffed sleeved dresses & portraits, especially the ones later in the decade! They’re so pretty! Loved your video as always!

When they say that the dress is ugly, is because they tend to forget the movie was made in the 80's, a really weird phase in the fashion industy

"People are desperately looking for a way to justify their distate" yess!! Like can't they just appreciate it without a big motive?

Ariel in her pink dress was a "lovecore" aesthetic icon and we just didn't know it yet 🥰

I had no clue people disliked the pink dress so much lol

I never knew people hated it so much 😭 I really love it and how it looks on her

i hope halle’s ariel has a similar pink dress, i bet she’ll look absolutely gorgeous in it

This dress reveal scene is a huge nostalgic memory for me - I wouldn’t change it

I never considered what pink meant to audiences in the 80s! That's awesome. And I'd love more fan-theory debunking videos. I think we wouldn't have this problem if they were called headcanons or fanfiction, but my guess is "theory" gives it the appearance of legitimacy, so it generates clicks. Nevermind that most "theories" are trying to solve puzzles that don't exist, while ignoring the obvious intent of the filmmakers, and even what basic facts the audience is meant to know. (A visiting royal? huh? What relevance does that have to Ariel's journey in the film?) Headcanons are fun, but we can't write a good one if we don't even get what the story is already saying!

I loved the historical explanation about why the dress was very 80s!

I just recently started hearing that people, on social media, thought the pink dress was ugly. I saw this movie when it first came out, and I always thought it was absolutely gorgeous. It makes her waist look small, her arms look slender and it shows off her beautiful shoulders. Not to mention that this beautiful shade of pink always puts a smile on my face. What more could you want? 🤦🏽‍♀️ I’m so confused and I don’t get it. Whoever says this is ugly is just wrong.

I honestly looooveee this pink dress on her. I don't think it's ugly or doesn't match her, it was always my favorite

I love her hair up in the sequel! I know it’s supposed to represent being up tight and junk but I just think it’s a cute look!

Honestly I like Ariel’s pink dress I think it compliments her hair perfectly and I love that sheet of pink even if it’s very 80s

I want to see the live action version of this dress! (If it's in the live action, of course) Sure that with the hair color that Halle Bailey wears in the movie will fit much better than the animated version. But I still think that the combination of the red of her hair with the pink of her dress is still iconic!

I LOVE this dress! Love the big sleeves with the low neckline

i dont even find it ugly. its just a cute dress imo

I loved the pink dress as a kid. I still do.

i never thought ariel’s dress is ugly it was just unmemorable, because ariel to me is only remembered as a mermaid that’s her memorable look

I always loved Ariel’s wedding dress, and the purple glitter dress which I wish she would’ve worn for way longer 😭

there will be a day where ModernGurlz will not have an emoji for an emoji combo.

I generally find in depth theories about Disney characters to be a little superfluous at times. I think it’s absolutely valid to identify with, enjoy expanding on and gravitating to characters and themes that bring you joy- but I think when people spend a lot of mental and emotional energy delving into villains tragic backstories to justify their actions, explain things that don’t need to be explained in heroes and princesses usually tinged in negativity- that’s the moment when I want to say “this character doesn’t have a mother, they don’t have an origin. They don’t have wants or needs. They’re a cartoon- a drawing. They exist in the confides of this narrative to tell this story and that’s it” and I am really not a hater. I actually wanted to be a Peter Pan face character for the longest time because I look like him and I do love Disney. I just don’t see why people enjoy mining negativity in childhood media by deciding things like this dress is ugly and here’s why that is rather than “I just don’t think it’s flattering”

I never knew the dress was so unpopular with soo many fans. And even now I don't see how people could read it as unflattering

Maybe the green is a better color, but the new versions of the dress are so fussy! The original has a great design because it's so simple.

I'd also like to add that Disney *clearly* did not find the color combo of pink dress + red hair to be an issue because THEY REPEAT IT in a completely unrelated scene - Ariel's nightgown. The purple dress from the straight-to-VHS sequel will unfortunately probably be never seen again because Ariel is a mom in that movie, not a relatable (to kids) teenager and also it just didn't perform particularly well afaik.

One that I've seen before is that it's a combination of Snow White's, Cinderella's, and Aurora's dresses. I absolutely can't stand that people are trying to claim that

I would love more videos debunking fan Disney theories

Based on the fact that Disney dresses mirror the fashion of their Time, i would love a prediction video on the up coming live action Little Mermaid movie. By the way, which 2010s trend did they include in the live action of Beauty and the Beast?

Ariels my favourite Princess and incredibly special to me, and pink is my favourite colour... so this dress was always my favourite of any Princesses since my childhood, I was always so sad that it barely got any representation in merch up until recently again. To this day its still my favourite Princess outfit and I hope Halle has a version of the pink gown too 💖

I once heard in passing that Ariel was originally meant to be blonde, and that they made the change at the last possible second when the movie Splash was released, which also featured a blonde mermaid venturing onto land for a guy. I always wondered if that would have impacted anything---though of course, that's only a theory that I heard in passing.

It’s not even ugly though, red and pink are popular combinations, look how popular the strawberry dress was. With the homage to snow white in Ariel’s puff sleeves, it’s the perfect strawberry vibe moment ❤️🩷🤍🍓💗 She looks iconic!

Ariel wore the pink dress in the final reveal at Disney on ice the other day, and I was so excited to see it!

Omg ur first video about Ariel’s dress was how I discovered ur channel it’s been so fun seeing ur channel grow from there 💕💕

Two characters having the same hair colour Fandoms: tWiNs

Yes!! Please do more fan theory videos, i loved it!

I liked the part where you said people coming up with random theories just to justify why they dislike the dress. There are some Disney wardrobe choices I personally don’t like; for example my favorite princess is Anna (another redhead) but I really dislike her light green dress from the end of Frozen 1; but other people might love and that’s okay! I’m curious to see how they’ll do Ariel’s pink dress for Halle Bailey and her complexion. Maybe a darker shade of pink? We’ll have to see!

I was surprised to hear that there was a strong dislike of Ariel's pink dress. That dress is my favorite and I remember being confused when they changed her dress to blue/purple. I was so confused that I told my parents that it was a knock off and not the real Ariel 😂

Wonderful! Usually I worked on Ursula, but I'm one of the animators who drew Ariel in the pink nightgown. There was a lot of "Get it done!" on this movie and even after working 60 hours a week, there are portions that could be better. There simply wasn't time. When looking closely at the dress King Triton gives her, the quick scene of her emerging shows it to be made of sea foam. We didn't have time to make that clear. The scene where fish swim around her to lift her hair was meant to be a large school of fish. It was cut back to just a few, because there wasn't time to animate them all. I loved your observations about style and color! .............Disney animation wasn't doing well and the studio cared a lot more about live action at that time. The Little Mermaid got the green light, because Who Framed Roger Rabbit did well at the box office. We were watched closely and basically responsible for every sheet of paper and every pencil. Around that time, The Disney Company was even thinking about selling Disneyland and before TLM, a brief job I had at Mattel revealed hard times for them as well. Most of us were working on this movie, because we wanted to work on Disney animated features since we were kids. Disney took full advantage of our enthusiasm to bring you the very best we could produce. I didn't design the pink dress, so I can't expound on it's origin. Memory tells me the woman responsible for coloring the characters was on her way to retirement. When asked about the garishness of coloring, her response was that the TLM color palate was to reflect "fiesta time". I also wasn't wild about Beaty and the Beast's coloring, but Aladdin looks like perfection to me. ............TLM being the last painted cels in a feature also presented the challenge related to colors photographing differently than they appeared in person. From one film print to the next, even, colors could vary. Before video tape, I researched Cruella DeVil by attending as many theatre screenings of the re-released One Hundred and One Dalmatians as possible. Even attending a Spanish version ("Pongo, Pongo, me sumbrero!") I found that sometimes her flesh looked more purple, sometimes more blue and sometimes traditional "flesh" color. Gratefully, the spirit of this production carried it in to a lot of hearts. An empowered Disney didn't close down their animation unit, nor did they sell Disneyland. Mattel also seemed to do well off of the success of revived feature animation. It's adorable to see so many things read in to our job of delivering this movie on time for Christmas, 1989. Much love to all of you who keep The Little Mermaid alive and vital.

I never even knew people hated her pink dress until this channel. Little mermaid was always one of my favorite Disney movies and I loved all the dresses in it. I don't ever remember thinking anything was off about her pink dress. Her blue one was always my favorite but I loved them all.

I’ve read that her dress is a combination of the princesses’ dresses that came before her. She has Snow White’s capped shoulders, Cinderella’s ball gown skirt, and Aurora’s long sleeves. But this definitely also strikes me as the kind of fact that’s made up. Your reasoning behind her dress design makes a lot more sense.

I love Ariel's pink dress! I was obsessed with her as a kid and that dress was my favourite look of hers. I desperately looked around Disney world looking for merch of it at age 6. Sad they decided to change it

It actually surprises me that anyone says that the pink dress is unflattering. I've always loved that dress and how she looked in it :D

I absolutely adore Ariel’s pink dress! And I actually like the way it looks on her

I just realized that Carlotta is wearing Cinderella’s peasant dress 👀 3:29

Great to see a new Disney video!

Your video’s are so thoughtful ❤️

Pink and red are my favorite colors & seeing Ariel in the dress reminds me of Valentine’s Day. I love it

I didn't enjoy this video. I loved it! Not only because it's about my favourite Disney character, but also because finally I am hearing some sense in these fan-based theories and someone giving the correct way they should be implied and interpreted. THIS is how facts should be researched and thought before spreading them out. So, thank you, truly!

The section about pretty in pink reminded me, it would be cool if you did a video breaking down Molly Ringwald’s outfits in that movie

Thanks for fun informative vid moderngurlz!

It’s just a tribute to the first three princesses before her. Snow White’s puffed shoulder pads, Aurora’s long sleeves and Cinderella’s two layer ball gown skirt.

You always do the BEST video about fashion I am MESMERISED, any Anstasia fashion in the making ?

i don’t understand peoples disdain for her pink dress. it’s lovely! ive always liked it! also, would you do a style analysis vid of Freaky Friday? 💖

LOVE your content so much ❤

Another day, another Disney video from ModernGurlz

I remember watching an old behind the scenes video on the making of The Little Mermaid and it stated that Ariel’s hair was originally supposed to be blonde, but they couldn’t get the colour to look right or good for when it was wet so they opted for the bright red which also contrasts her green tail. Perhaps her dresses were designed for a blonde Ariel and were never changed when they switched her hair to red, her pink dress then (although still not the nicest dress) would have suited her more.

Perfectly placed pettiness, more please! Loved how you interacted with fan theories. I find the way Spiderman and the Multiverse formed to be fascinating, would love your thoughts on that franchise.

I am very surprised to learn that people dislike this dress. This was my favorite dress she wore in the movie and always wanted a dress like this when I was growing up.

I like the theory that the dress was actually designed as a combination of Cinderella's, Snow White's, and Aurora's, as they were the princesses who came before her.

But anyway the really obvious point that every princesses' clothing reflects the fashions of the time the film was made does make it HILARIOUS that people will be argue that the movie must take place canonically in XYZ time because of the outfits. Like yeah Ariel's big-ass 1980s wedding dress sleeves obviously point to the movie taking place in 1823.

I read that Disney said her pink gown is how it is because its a combo of the 3 princesses that came before her. the pink and white color scheme, the sweeping peplum, and skirt silhouette are a reference Cinderella's 2 gowns the off the shoulder and pointed long sleeves are Aurora and the Slashing of the pink Puffs on the top of her sleeves is Snow White. I may be mistaken but im almost positive Disney has actually confirmed this. also i had no idea her pink gown was such a point of contention for ppl i always hated that they changed her to a teal gown and thought it was cuz they were already marketing a princess in a pink ball gown (Aurora) and that since Jasmine is in her pants its not as similar. I LOVE her pink gown!

While Disney has been using a green variation of her pink dress for lots of merchandise and in the parks, I think this is less because people hate the pink dress and moreso because a seafoam green dress is obviously more on-theme for Ariel as a mermaid while the pink dress clearly isn't- and also because Aurora wears a pink dress in most promo images and merchandising, so Ariel in pink would be too matchy and less visually distinct in a lineup with the other princesses; most dolls of Ariel still come in the pink dress, while the vast majority of dolls with the green dress usually come in a collection of multiple characters (again, likely to make her more visually distinct from the other princesses).

I would love to see you discuss the Handler' style from the umbrella academy. Another video that i would absolutely love would be if you discussed the styles of all 00s teen disney show protagonists- hannah montana, lizzie McGuire, raven, london tipton etc etc. I was rewatching these shows recently and I'm obsessed with Lizzie and Raven's outfits. I think that style could make a comeback soon because it still looks good.

The og dress is gorg especially in pink anyone that feels different can square up, period.

I would LOVE a video on the original Alfred Angelo X Disney wedding dresses which were released in the early-mid 2000’s.

Honestly, it would be significantly more flattering if it was more of a salmon pink shade, basically light red rather than the more bubblegum pink seen in the movie, because that would still be pink but without clashing with her hair colour.

heyy can u please pleasee do an analysis on the fashion in the girls next door? i would absolutely love to see how their outfits coincide with their personalities !

Her green dress from 2012/2015 is the best. It deserves more attention.

I’m pro pink dress because it feels very camp of Ariel to do so in my head canon and I love that tbh. It was giving strawberry shortcake and I love that. The green is cute too but it is what it is I suppose 👁️🫦👁️

I've always loved Ariel's dresses! Even her shipwrecked dress is cool. I'm not going to lie though the last dress she wears before her wedding is it was my favorite.

I prefer complementary/opposite color combinations but in defense of the pink dress, analogous color combinations can also be very pretty. The only thing that I dislike about the pink dress + red hair is the contrast between the two colors. Both are very saturated. I believe there was an attempt at fixing this in the later versions of the dress. (An example is Wreck it Ralph Ariel having a more magenta like shade of red hair to match the cool pink dress) The reason yellow “washes out” Cinderella and Aurora is also because there’s very little contrast between the characters hair and dress colors. Not because yellow hair + yellow dress is bad! Designs with less contrast can also have a very ethereal and elegant look if done on purpose. Overall I love this video and I’m happy you made it. The information is nicely researched as always. My comment is not intended as critique, I just wanted to add more information. I hope my this makes sense. English is not my main language.

A fan theory you could make a video on is Barbie’s little sisters actually being her daughters 🤭

And here i am living all my life not knowing people thought it was ugly or hated it. Always thought of it as pretty and still like the choice of pastel color and puffed sleeves

I love the pink gown with her red hair!

More theories: -Snow White really died after eating the apple and the prince was an angel who took her to Heaven -Belle has Stockholm Syndrome -The Lost Boys were actually dead, Neverland was Heaven, and Peter Pan was an angel who carried souls. -Anna and Elsa are Tarzan's sisters -Jane (Tarzan) is Belle's relative -Carl (Up) is dead and when his house went up with the balloons he was actually going to Heaven -The Evil Queen and Gothel are the same person -The barracuda ate all the eggs and because he couldn't get over his grief, Marlin started to hallucinate with Nemo. -Chip is the son of the Beast and the sorceress, and she cast the curse because he didn't want to assume the son and Chip was in the care of Madame Samovar -Elsa is actually Rapunzel's twin sister. When the Kings of Corona discovered that Rapunzel had been kidnapped, they asked the Kings of Arendelle to take care of Elsa so that nothing bad would happen to her.

As a natural redhead, I avoided wearing pink for YEARS because of how much I disliked this dress on Ariel. Now I can see bright and clear pink is one of my best colors