Disposable paper dresses enjoyed a brief vogue in the turbulent late 1960s, when young people literally wore their politics and interests on their sleeves—but were prepared to discard them as easily ...

“I tried one out and wore it three days, cleaned the house, mopped, waxed the floors, washed five girls’ heads, bathed the dogs and did everything else necessary in a house with five bedrooms, two ...

In the 1960s, high fashion was paper clothes, according to Helen Jean, the keynote speaker at the third annual hybrid Hillsdale College Visual Arts Colloquium on Feb. 7.

‘Watch disposables become indispensable!” declared Women’s Wear Daily on March 31, 1967. The fashion-industry rag was trumpeting a new textile on the horizon—paper—during a decade that was witnessing ...