Vanessa From The Little Mermaid Costume

I've watched three different people cry in convention center bathrooms because they thought they could just buy a cheap purple dress and a shell necklace and call it a day. It's a disaster. You're trying to recreate a character whose entire presence is defined by a specific, calculated sharpness, but you end up looking like you're wearing a generic bridesmaid dress from a thrift store. The most common failure I see with the Vanessa From The Little Mermaid Costume is a total lack of structural integrity. People spend $6