A silicone mermaid tail made by Finfolk Productions sits on a table in the production area of their office in Lincolnton. The silicone mermaid tails are custom fitted and designed to the buyer of ...

For their custom silicone tails — which start at about $5,000 — Finfolk isn’t even taking new orders while they clear their years-long backlog of orders.

Matthew: So, I have been making mermaid tails for over 10 years. One of the major questions I get is, "Who's buying these tails?" It's mainly models, hobbyists, performers.

Manufacturers of silicone mermaid tails, once a prop found only in Hollywood, can now be custom ordered and fitted for thousands of dollars. Other companies provide beginner-level tails priced at ...

Of course, my tail was only a few pounds compared to the heavier ones some of my fellow merfolk were wearing, climbing as high as 35 pounds. A woman dressed as a mermaid swims with her mermaid tail.

But, to escape into something magical, anything as far from this reality as you can, feels really nice, even if it’s just for a couple of hours.”Although there is no official census, the mermaids of ...

There is blood in the water at the Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center in Manassas, Va. Angela Murray Pavlovsky, 40, emerges from the pool with knuckles raw and red, having scraped them during a ...

A silicone mermaid tail made by Finfolk Productions sits on a table in the production area of their office in Lincolnton. The silicone mermaid tails are custom fitted and designed to the buyer of ...