Paper? For a costume? Who makes costumes out of paper?!
Join us to hear about the early 1920s crepe paper Halloween costume fad promoted by Dennison Manufacturing Company. We’ll look at vintage examples of costumes and accessories from the period as well as dive into to several of the popular how-to instruction booklets.
Dennison’s series of “How to Make Crepe Paper Costumes” followed their exclusive Halloween ephemera “Bogie Books”. These creative promotional how-to booklets foreshadowed later DIY lifestyle magazines by teaching the consumer how to make their own elaborate, yet inexpensive costumes, props and decorations for Halloween parties, Masquerade Balls, and in fact, for any occasion. It was all about the pulp…
Put on your party hat and find out how and why vintage paper costumes were made in the 1920s and why your wardrobe needs to include a paper costume!
This presentation will be given by our Fashion Committee Chair Jaci Rohr. Nicole Marsak of Paper Moon Vintage will join Jaci to show some of her vast collection of crepe paper costumes and decorations - some which have survived 100 years!
Cover and label from vintage crepe paper materials.
This presentation is live online, on Zoom. The link is provided with ticket purchase confirmation. Audience members will be able to interact with the speaker. If you purchase a ticket now, you will be able to view a recording of the presentation if you can’t make it to the live broadcast.
Only one ticket is necessary, per household, as long as you plan to all view it on the same device.
Tickets are non-refundable.
$12 Members of Art Deco Society of Los Angeles and ICADS organizations. (ICADS members much use their code to access the member price.)
$20 Non-Members
Tickets are not refundable, but you may sell or give them to a friend. Transfer them within Agile.