Matthew: So, I have been making mermaid tails for over 10 years ... Then you have to start making templates, so that way everything's symmetrical. Then you have to start sculpting, which usually ...

Attention all wannabe sea creatures: you can buy a mermaid tail on the internet now, and it's nothing like the little kid costumes you're picturing in your head. No, no, these babies are authentic.

To bring Disney’s iconic mermaid princess Ariel to life in “The Little Mermaid,” costume designer Colleen Atwood constructed a life-sized tail that went from star Halle Bailey’s chest all ...