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Post by veu on Nov 21, 2022 4:05:00 GMT -5
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Post by veu on Nov 22, 2022 5:21:51 GMT -5
Mermaidcore fashion trend is the new fashion trend that the upcoming release of Disney's highly anticipated live action "The Little Mermaid" is sure to put front and center. Article in french. Source: www.vogue.fr/mode/article/mermaidcore-tendance-petite-sirene-decrypteeMermaidcore : cette tendance issue de “La Petite Sirène” décryptée Coquillages, corail, crochet, sequins ou wet hair… L'imaginaire des sirènes inspire la mode. Retour sur la tendance mermaidcore.
Par Eléna Pougin 21 novembre 2022
C'est une tendance mode qui émerge depuis ces dernières saisons et que la sortie prochaine du très attendu live action de Disney “La Petite Sirène” va certainement placer au devant de la scène. Il suffit de regarder les textures des pièces des derniers défilés, leurs coloris pastels dominés par des teintes de bleu et de violet, les maquillages glossy presque magiques et même le wet hair arboré massivement par les mannequins sur le catwalk. Le mermaidcore, inspiré de l'imaginaire des sirènes, est l'une des tendances majeures du moment.
On sait depuis plusieurs années que c'est Halle Bailey, chanteuse du duo Chloe x Halle et petite protégée de Beyoncé, qui incarnera sur les écrans cette princesse mythique de Disney. L'engouement que suscite le film est exponentiel, d'autant plus depuis le reveal de la bande-annonce en septembre 2022, où l'on voyait enfin Halle Bailey dans son rôle d'Ariel, entrainant une vague de réactions vidéos positives sur les réseaux sociaux. Incarnée par une actrice noire, “La Petite Sirène” est devenu instantanément un symbole de représentation, les films Disney ne comportant jusqu'à présent que très peu de princesses racisées. Et qui dit symbole, dit aussi future inspiration majeure pour la mode. Le mermaidcore, inspiré de l'imaginaire des sirènes, est l'une des tendances majeures du moment
Depuis quelques quelques années, les maisons de luxe se sont emparées du phénomène mermaidcore, à commencer par Versace en septembre 2020, qui, pour sa collection printemps-été 2021, a présenté des looks aux références aquatiques, avec des robes à bustier en forme de coquillage, des broderies étoile de mer et des bijoux inspirés des crustacés.
Très vite, les stars se sont également intéressées à cette tendance - faite de tissus métallisés, de vêtements plissés près du corps et de sequins. Dua Lipa porte par exemple l'une des robes de cette collection Versace lors des American Music Awards dès fin 2020. Puis, ce sont des marques plus confidentielles comme Di Petsa qui attirent les célébrités les plus en vogue pour leurs looks de sirènes. On voit notamment la top Bella Hadid porter l'un de leurs wet look en été 2021, s'appropriant à son tour la tendance.
Mais l'imaginaire des sirènes a pris toute son ampleur lors de la dernière Fashion Week fin septembre. On y a vu la collection de Ludovic de Saint Sernin à Paris lui rendre directement hommage : “J'ai grandi en regardant la petite sirène, c'était mon film préféré, explique le créateur. (…) Depuis, je suis obsédé par la petite sirène et les sirènes en général, je les référence souvent dans mon travail. Ma dernière collection était une célébration du 5e anniversaire de ma marque, donc je voulais créer le fantasme ultime de sirène et célébrer ma première muse, Ariel.”
Autre collection dans laquelle on a pu voir une référence à ces créatures magiques : celle de Germanier dont la collection de vêtements durables a montré des looks sertis de coquillages ou encore une jupe fourreau incarnant parfaitement la tendance.
Suite à cela, quelques-unes des icônes mode du moment ont continué de porter des looks tout droit tirés du monde marin. On se rappelle de la robe-filet Fendi en cristaux portée par Kim Kardashian à la Fashion Week de Paris en septembre, ou encore de Dua Lipa, qui arborait fièrement une robe “Bob L'Éponge” rose en crochet.
Une semaine plus tôt, c'était Sydney Sweeney, star de la série Euphoria, qui confirmait son statut mode dans une robe scintillante Armani en crochet bleu océan. Un sans-faute. Fin septembre, c'était la nouvelle icône Julia Fox qui jouait le jeu avec une tenue de la marque Weiran, dont le buste semblait constitué d'eau et la jupe rappelait la queue des sirènes.
Mais ce phénomène ne touche pas que la mode. Sur les défilés de la Fashion Week, impossible de manquer les looks make-up aux teintes océaniques de bleu et de violet comme chez Etro ou Off-White. La tendance se globalise même jusqu'aux cheveux puisque l'on voit - depuis le wet look de Kim Kardashian au MET Gala en 2019 - l'effet wet hair prendre de plus en plus de place sur les podiums. Preuve en est avec la collection automne-hiver 2022-2023 de Giambattista Valli, où les mannequins semblaient tout juste émerger de l'eau.
Cette tendance trouve même sa place dans la pourtant intemporelle haute joaillerie qui s'inspire des fonds marins et des créatures de l'océan. Que ce soit chez Tasaki avec ses boucles d'oreilles en perles recouvrant la totalité de l'oreille ou chez Chaumet avec sa collection Ondes et Merveilles, la féerie de l'océan se matérialise par des bijoux fantastiques.
Impossible de ne pas évoquer la dernière collection de haute joaillerie de Bulgari intitulée Eden, the Garden of Wonders, dont plusieurs créations sont inspirées de l'océan. Notamment le “Serpenti Ocean Treasure” porté par Zendaya et sublimé par un saphir imposant de 61,30 carats.
Le mermaidcore se décline aussi dans des bijoux comme avec la collection “Étoile de Mer" d'Isabelle Langois, le pendentif Nautilus d'Aurélie Bidermann, ou encore les Coral Twist Ear Hoop du très pointu Hugo Kreit.
Phénomène global donc, qui touche aussi bien la mode, la beauté et la joaillerie. Une chose est sûre, la sortie prochaine de ce film tant attendu va d'autant plus inspirer les grandes maisons et créateurs à imaginer le mermaidcore des prochaines saisons. Photos here: www.vogue.fr/mode/article/mermaidcore-tendance-petite-sirene-decryptee
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Post by veu on Nov 22, 2022 5:24:43 GMT -5
Source: wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/beauty-features/siren-eyes-trend-mermaidcore-beauty-looks-milan-fashion-week-spring-1235359498/Is Mermaidcore Next Up? Beauty Looks From Milan Fashion Week Hinted So
Extra-long hair, wet manes, iridescent makeup and touches of popping blue hinted that after the siren-eyes trend a wider, undersea world might be uncovered next on TikTok. September 30, 2022, 8:00pm
The hype for the upcoming live-action movie “The Little Mermaid” didn’t go unnoticed in Milan. As some designers subtly hinted to the marine creature in their collections, so did makeup artists and hair stylists, but with different approaches.
After all, who has seen a mermaid? At Blumarine, Inge Grognard and Anthony Turner joined forces for the most immediate — and easy to replicate — interpretation, with the former covering faces and bodies in subtle sparkle and the latter opting for extra-long, wavy manes, braiding tresses here and there, too.
At No. 21, Turner added a few splashes in his process, sending models down the runway with soaked hair to embody more sensual, grounded sirens rather than mythological figures. At Luisa Beccaria, side-parted manes came with little surprises, as tiny stones and metal rings were woven into the hair.
Ariel heads popped up at Marco Rambaldi, while blue haircuts stood out at Diesel and Blumarine. The aquatic theme took an all-blue yet essential turn also in the bold, flashy lips seen at Dsquared2 and Etro. GCDS turned siren eyes blue, while at Versace, the gothic makeup had iridescent touches that Ursula would have thumbed up.
Elsewhere, metallic effects and sparkle ruled in different forms, from the silver eyes at Jil Sander to the glittery undereyes seen at Andreadamo. Maybe mermaids don’t need it, but for party animals on earth the idea of turning dark circles into a beauty feat will come like a siren song.
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Post by veu on Nov 22, 2022 5:36:35 GMT -5
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Post by veu on Dec 3, 2022 17:40:26 GMT -5
The boyfriend of Halle Bailey, DDG's new song titled "In Love With A Mermaid":
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Post by veu on Dec 4, 2022 11:44:10 GMT -5
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Post by veu on Dec 5, 2022 4:40:11 GMT -5
Source: www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/dec/05/south-africa-black-mermaid-disney-diversity-and-reclaiming-the-ocean-for-children-of-colour-zandile-ndhlovuInterview South Africa’s ‘black mermaid’ on Disney, diversity and reclaiming the ocean for children of colour Tracy McVeigh Zandile Ndhlovu, the country’s first black female freediving instructor, is on a mission to change long-held attitudes and teach young people to feel at home in the sea
Zandile Ndhlovu, South Africa’s first black female freediving instructor, is changing perceptions of the ocean. Photograph: Zander Botha/Courtesy of Black Mermaid Foundation Global development is supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Mon 5 Dec 2022 06.30 GMT On the dive boats no one else looked like her. “People would say ‘are you really going to dive with all that hair?’ It’s funny until it’s not, sitting in that space and being very ‘other’,” says Zandile Ndhlovu, South Africa’s first black female freediving instructor.
“Even the wetsuits, they were not designed for a black woman. It fits your hips so you wear it, but the water is gushing in everywhere else. So all these challenges can’t help but remind you that you are the only one,” she says.
Now the 34-year-old – who was called the black mermaid at home long before the Disney live action remake of the Little Mermaid elated her by casting black actor Halle Bailey – has taken on the role of bringing more children into the water.
Born in Soweto, Johannesburg, Ndhlovu grew up far from the coast, and like many children in South Africa, was raised on tales of why she should never go near deep water.
Ndhlovu first saw the ocean when she went to visit family in the Eastern Cape, aged about 12. “That was the first time seeing wild, gushing waters, but everyone, black people, would say ‘why are you trying to kill yourself?’ if you went as much as up to your knees in water.”
Zandile Ndhlovu, South Africa’s first black women freediving instructor. Zandile Ndhlovu says she grew up being encouraged to stay away from the sea. Photograph: Zander Botha/Courtesy of Black Mermaid Foundation
“Then I went snorkelling when I was on a trip to Bali in 2016. I was 28, and had never seen anything that looked so beautiful. All these weird and wonderful animals coexisting at the bottom of the ocean, while on land the world is so banded, in identity, race, gender.”
How do we unbox the water from only being a white people’s space? I wanted to change the narrative Zandi Ndhlovu
Despite a string of Olympic swimmers and about 2,800km (1,739 miles) of stunning coastline, just 15% of South Africans can swim – and most of those are white. During apartheid, white children would play in the private pools that remain a fixture of middle-class suburban homes, while few black children would even have seen a public swimming pool.
With up to four people drowning every day in South Africa’s lakes, dams, oceans and private pools, almost all of them black, that legacy remains.
Drowning is a hugely neglected public health risk in low-income and middle-income countries, especially across Africa, where the rates are high, opportunities to learn to swim are low and folk tales about the destructive power of the waves prevail. Racial disparity in swimming is prevalent across the world; in the US, for example, 64% of African American children cannot swim compared with 40% of white children.
There have been a few cases – before Disney – of cinema pushing back against the stereotypes, from the beautifully shot swimming lesson in 2017’s Oscar-winning Moonlight to the underwater scenes of box office smash Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Ndhlovu has her own documentary out on WaterBear, a free streaming platform, and her foundation, the Black Mermaid, focuses on bringing about change.
Ndhlovu diving underwater Ndhlovu has set up a foundation to encourage more people into the ocean. Photograph: Zander Botha/Courtesy of Black Mermaid Foundation
“In South Africa, black people are displaced from the ocean, it is a haunted place, and its history wraps around this narrative firmly, a place of the transatlantic slave trade.
“So how do we unbox the water from only being a white people’s space?” she says. “For me, I need to be in the ocean, it is where I feel peace. In 2020, I qualified as a freedive instructor. I wanted to change the narrative around black people in water that was being thrown around so recklessly.
“And people have held on to that narrative, everybody absorbs it and it is where we find ourselves around water, today. My own grandmother would say ‘you shouldn’t be there. The ocean is not a place to play.’ Black people say to me all the time ‘why are you doing white things?’ My family was freaked out,” she says.
“I started the foundation to challenge all that, to actively take part in hard conversations about the status quo, and what it would take to diversify the ocean. I might have to take 500 kids snorkelling to get one kid passionate, but it is worth it. Now, we are building in swimming lessons. So very many kids can’t swim.”
Peggy Portrait Matopos village in Zimbabwe ‘My Beautiful Home’ is a social art project that seeks to rekindle, inspire and support the ancient art of decorating and beautifying rural homesteads using natural materials, colours and pigments harnessed from the earth. Prizes are practical and useful: shovels, rainwater tanks, three-legged iron pots, day-old chickens, and a hive and beekeeping course for regional winners.
The environmental degradation of the ocean is something that concerns Ndhlovu greatly and she believes that connecting children with the underwater world helps raise their awareness.
“You see the corals bleaching,” she says. “You are seeing a lot of plastic pollution and this aspect is important for the kids to see. These worlds colliding.”
Change often occurs in tiny, gradual steps, she says. “I see the parents in shock, they say, ‘Never in my life did I think to see my kids under the ocean.’ It’s a generational thing but it gives them pride and equal status because being in the ocean has been a very exclusive thing, even for people who live close by.”
Ndhlovu on the beach at sunset Ndhlovu: ‘They feel empowered. It’s so important to get the kids in the water.’ Photograph: Zander Botha/Courtesy of Black Mermaid Foundation
Ndhlovu adds: “They feel empowered. Most of the kids are afraid, they jump out and cling on to the buoy screaming if they see a fish. You can feel the fear. But fear, sometimes we need to walk into it. It’s so important to get the kids in the water.”
A former industrial relations expert, Ndhlovu is now a full-time instructor and runs the foundation mainly out of her own pocket. But she hopes the idea of black African children reclaiming the sea will take hold in her country and beyond.
“That’s why to me, too, this Disney film is important,” she says. “When people see this, it explodes their idea of what a mermaid is. It allows a greater proportion of the world to be that mermaid – ‘Ariel looks like me’.”
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Post by veu on Dec 7, 2022 15:38:00 GMT -5
New art that the Hale Center Theater made to publicize the play adapted from the animated film that will take place there. An art inspired by the live action poster:
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