Papua New Guinea 50th Independence Day Mermaid Dress Celebrate Our History, Inspire Our Future Ariel's Fashion Eras: The Little Mermaid's Many Dresses The Disney Classics Papua New Guinea 1975 Mermaid Dress Create Our History Inspire Our Future Polynesian Pride Remember 1950's mermaid dresses A brief evolution of Ariel's ICONIC pink dress. First, we have Ariel in the animated Disney classic The Little Mermaid (1989), then Disney's The Little Mermaid on Broadway (2008), The Ariel episode