Disney’s live action remake of “The Little Mermaid” may have relied heavily on CGI and other technology to turn people into merfolk, but there is a rapidly growing industry to make people’s mermaid ...

Matthew Quijano has been in the mermaid industry for over 10 years. His company, MerrowFins, builds custom mermaid tails for models, hobbyists, performers, music videos, and event companies. Creating ...

Over eight years, Brandee Anthony has built an aquatic empire around mermaiding Brandee Anthony Media; Vero Beach Mermaid/TikTok Brandee Anthony decided to try mermaiding for content on her Periscope, ...

The live-action version of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” opened in theaters on Friday and is expected to pull in more than $100 million at the box office over the holiday weekend. But Disney isn’t the ...

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 the way down ...

A woman swimming in a mermaid costume had a narrow escape from drowning after her tail became stuck at the bottom of a massive aquarium tank in a shopping mall, with the terrifying moment captured on ...

Matthew: So, I have been making mermaid tails for over 10 years. One of the major questions I get is, "Who's buying these tails?" It's mainly models, hobbyists, performers. I do a lot of music videos, ...