Corsetmaker turned mermaid

[Aodhamair]

Hello all!

I have just signed up for my first mermaid introduction lesson next week and I am soooo excited. I am 34 (so not all that young anymore) so it has been a bit of struggle finding adult mermaid lessons in the Netherlands. I have been wanting to do this for ages but it is hard to find classes that accept adults. So I will be diving 2 hours there and back again but it will be totaly worth is when I finally get to try it out!

A little about me I am short, curvy have a passion for corsets and anything Fantasy. I have build my life around magic and fantasy and make corsets and fantasy gowns for a living now. (www.rainbowcurvecorsetry.com) I have always wanted to be some kind of magical creature be that elven, draenei or mermaid all is good to me. I have not even been to my first mermaid lesson but for the past week all I can do is take in as much info about mermaids as I can. I even made myself a mermaid bikini as I did not think my pinup bathingsuit with cherries would look very good with a tail. I have also designed a mermaid corset (with silicone hipfins) which I started to sculpt for today I cannot wait to make this design. So yeah I would say I am pretty creative.

In the introduction lesson we will get to use the monofins/tails of the pool but I am already looking into what kind of monofin I want and planning how to make my first tail as I fear my hip to waist ratio may be a bit to big for most commercial tails (I anticipate major tail gapping).

Here is my first question: I really like the look of the Finis Luna and the Fantasea monofins (love the flop) but I am unsure if they are suitable for an absolute mermaid beginner?
I hear they are hard to make a fabric tail for, any tips?

Thanks so much for letting me into this community.
Joni (Aodhamair)

[Kwilena]

I'm nearly 20 years older than you and I got my first tail last year! You'll be fine. And what lovely designs! Your lesson will be very helpful. I'll leave it to the more experienced to talk about monofins, I love my blister inducing (without neoprene socks) Mahina merfin but I started out with The 2 Tails which is more manoeuvrable but lacks power.

[Sam is here]

T' is idd moelijk om zeemeermin lessen in nl te vinden, Ik heb er wel een in alphen aan den rijn gevonden, lessen voor beginners en gevorderde.

[Aodhamair]

T' is idd moelijk om zeemeermin lessen in nl te vinden, Ik heb er wel een in alphen aan den rijn gevonden, lessen voor beginners en gevorderde.

- Oh I had not found that one in Alphen aan de Rijn, that might be closer to me I'll look into that. The introduction class I am doing is in Haren (groningen) but I was thinking about doing the full course in Zeist when they start beginners again.

[Aodhamair]

I'm nearly 20 years older than you and I got my first tail last year! You'll be fine. And what lovely designs! Your lesson will be very helpful. I'll leave it to the more experienced to talk about monofins, I love my blister inducing (without neoprene socks) Mahina merfin but I started out with The 2 Tails which is more manoeuvrable but lacks power.

Thank you! the Mahina looks cool too but so big... I have not looked at the 2 tails one, is that similar to the finfun one?

[Kwilena]

I've not tried the finfun one, but I think the finfun one might be a little bit bigger. They look a bit similar, but I don't think the finfun one has the straps.