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Paper Clothes
Paper
Clothes were the epitome of the 'throwaway' culture of the 60's. It was an
experiment with fashion. The bizarre trend originally turned up in
Australia in 1967 when department stores and Mirror Newspapers presented
garments modelled by Donyale Luna from 'Paraphernalia.' The outfits were
stocked in several stores but not many were sold. The quality was poor and
many customers were scared they would catch fire. Two
years later the look came back but it never caught on. An example is the
Andy Warhol inspired pop-art, paper Souper Dress. It was made of wood
pulp and cotton, screen-printed with Campbell's soup tins. Another
example is the series of Poster Dresses designed by the American graphic
artist Harry Gordon. They were available in five different designs. One of
these was a large female eye with long eyelashes. The image was screen
printed onto an A-line mini dress that fastened at the left shoulder with Velcro
strips. The
material used for these dresses were produced like felt by a binding
process with wood pulp and rayon mesh. These dresses
were very fragile and light sensitive. They were made to be worn once or
twice and thrown away. Paper underpants were also manufactured but they
did not sell well. (For some odd reason.)
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