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- Paper Jumpsuit, 1966-1968 - The Scott Paper company's surprise success with its promotional paper dress started a trend for disposable fashion--other companies quickly jumped in. Mars of Asheville, a hosiery company, launched a colorful printed-paper fashion line in June 1966 under the label, Waste Basket Boutique. The company became the leading manufacturer of disposable fashion, producing over 80,000 garments each week at its height.
- 1966-1968
- Collections - Artifact
Paper Jumpsuit, 1966-1968
The Scott Paper company's surprise success with its promotional paper dress started a trend for disposable fashion--other companies quickly jumped in. Mars of Asheville, a hosiery company, launched a colorful printed-paper fashion line in June 1966 under the label, Waste Basket Boutique. The company became the leading manufacturer of disposable fashion, producing over 80,000 garments each week at its height.
- "Romney for President" Paper Dress, 1968 - Bumper stickers, buttons, and brochures--those were the standard things that political campaigns were made of in the 1960s. Beyond "standards," campaigns also latch onto things that are hot at the time--and during the 1968 presidential campaign, that meant paper dresses. Democratic candidate Robert Kennedy and Republicans Richard Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, and George Romney all had versions.
- 1968
- Collections - Artifact
"Romney for President" Paper Dress, 1968
Bumper stickers, buttons, and brochures--those were the standard things that political campaigns were made of in the 1960s. Beyond "standards," campaigns also latch onto things that are hot at the time--and during the 1968 presidential campaign, that meant paper dresses. Democratic candidate Robert Kennedy and Republicans Richard Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, and George Romney all had versions.
- Nixon Campaign Paper Dress, 1968 -
- 1968
- Collections - Artifact
Nixon Campaign Paper Dress, 1968
- "Shirt-Shift Style" Paper Dress in Packaging, 1966-1968 -
- 1966-1968
- Collections - Artifact
"Shirt-Shift Style" Paper Dress in Packaging, 1966-1968
- Yellow Pages Paper Dress, circa 1967 -
- circa 1967
- Collections - Artifact
Yellow Pages Paper Dress, circa 1967