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January 29, 2017
From Hospital Gowns to Paper Couture: The Unlikely Origins of â60s Disposable Dresses
Beyond cost, paper dresses faced several other issues preventing them from becoming more than a novelty. “Women who remember wearing paper dresses have told me they were stiff and uncomfortable and scratchy,” Walford says. “They also tended to catch the wind, so if you sat down, your dress might billow out. And if you wore one to an office party, like at Christmas, you had every guy intentionally spilling drinks on your paper. So they went out of fashion for a few different reasons, but durability wasn’t really the problem.” | Collectors Weekly
Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 29, 2017 9:00 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.