Finis Competitor Mermaid Tail fluke closing design, ideas needed!!

[Merman Trident]

Hey guys i was planning on getting the Finis Competitor Monofin (wave and rapid are too small) for a tail i'm making, but unlike the wave and rapid you cant really taco fold the competitor into the tail so i need ideas so i could put the fin in through the fluke, I was thinking maybe putting a zipper at the end so i could put the fin in and zip it up but that might be too heavy and not very stylish id appreciate any other ideas for holding the end closed buttons/clips/whatever else

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[Nicky-Katz]

I could thik of a couple of ways how to do it, but it depends on how your fluke would look like.

One option I have is make your tail open-ended and sew just the corners of the fabric so that you still can put your fin in and out.

[MerAnthony]

I used velcro at the bottom of my neoprene tail an it worked pretty good.

[KitKat]

well, i know Hannah Fraser uses fluke zippers, and so does mermaid Bonnie, i'm pretty sure. it would probably look fine if you hid it with fringe/ extra fins. you could probably use a lighter zipper too, since it doesn't have to withstand stretching like a dorsal zipper would.

[Mermaid Pickles]

My tail has Velcro, and you can't see it when you swim...but it also has fringe at the end.

[Mermaid Galene]

Both of my fabric tails have partially open fluke ends. To be sure the monofin isn't seen, I added some light, flowy spandex fabric to the end of the fluke, and that covers the monofin quite well. It does add some drag when swimming, though.

[Mermaid Pickles]

But it also looks really pretty. I've done that before with a fabric tail haha.

[Mermaid Fenicia]

All the flukes of my fabric tails have plastic zippers at the end so I can add/remove a monofin when needed ;)