Did Hailey Bieber Just Start A ‘Mermaid-Core’ Trend? Her Backless Mini Dress With Sequin Scales Is Making A Strong Case
March 27, 2023 by Maria Pierides
If you thought that Hailey Bieber couldn’t possibly look like a mermaid now that she has super-short hair, then think again, as the 26-year-old model was serving mermaid realness in a four-image carousel she shared on Instagram on March 15th. And we think she looks incredible!
The Rhode Skin founder treated her 49.5M Instagram followers to some pictures of herself posing in a stunning turquoise mini dress (major emphasis on the word ‘mini’) from the Valentino Spring 23 Couture collection, featuring round silver circles that cleverly resembled fish scales.
Mrs Bieber is kneeling on a white chair in most of the photos, and the back of her dress is visible in each one, showing off the open-back design featuring turquoise string at the back which was tied up in a criss-cross pattern. We totally get why Hailey wanted to make the back of the dress the star of the show!
The Vogue Australia cover girl finished off her mermaid-inspired look with some dark blue heels, sticking with the aquatic theme, and some dazzling diamond hoop earrings. And although her hair isn’t the traditional long mermaid length, it still had mermaid vibes due to it being styled in semi-wet-look loose waves. Her makeup, as always, was soft and totally glowing!
Although many of Hailey’s fans complimented her pictures, as they always do, a lot of the comments section of this particular carousel was initially dominated by negative messages and even death threats from Selena Gomez fans and internet trolls following the alleged recent drama between them, which didn’t sit well with the 30-year-old Only Murders in the Building star, as she actually came to Hailey’s defense on Friday, March 24th to beg her fans to stop directing “hateful negativity” towards her. Just when we thought we couldn’t love Selena any more!
“Hailey Bieber reached out to me and let me know that she has been receiving death threats and such hateful negativity,” Selena, who famously had an on/off relationship with Justin Bieber before he started dating Hailey, wrote in an Instagram Story on Friday, March 24th.
“This isn’t what I stand for,” she continued. “No one should have to experience hate or bullying. I’ve always advocated for kindness and really want this all to stop.” She finished off with a red heart emoji.
That wasn’t the first time Selena seemingly defended Hailey, either, as she indirectly seemed to urge fans to *not* troll Hailey a little earlier this month too. When Selena posted a makeup tutorial on TikTok on March 5th, she commented, “Please, please be kinder and consider others mental health. My heart has been heavy and I only want good for everyone. All my love,” which may have been a subtle way to beg her fans to be kind to Hailey amid the recent drama.
Hailey showed her gratitude to Selena for speaking out by thanking her publicly just a few hours later! “I want to thank Selena for speaking out, as her and I have been discussing the last few weeks how to move past this ongoing narrative between her and I,” Hailey wrote on her Instagram Story. “The last few weeks have been very hard for everyone involved and millions of people are seeing so much hate around this which is extremely harmful. While social media is an incredible way to connect and build community, moments like this only create extreme division instead of bringing people together.”
“Things can always be taken out of context or construed differently than they were intended,” she continued, which could be in reference to some of the recent drama (more on this down below!) and added, “We all need to be more thoughtful about what we post and what we say, including myself. In the end, I believe love will always be bigger than hate and negativity, and there is always an opportunity to see each other with more empathy and compassion.” And the best part in all this is that Hailey and Selena are now following each other on Instagram! Aww!