Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Join the fun? <a href="http://www.thedisneyblog.com/2011/02/16/dapper-day-at-disney-parks-this-sunday" target="_blank">http://www.thedisneyblog.com/2...s-sunday</a> Hope some people are dapper enough to join in and send us pics!
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Well today is the day for guests to dress dapper and visit WDW and DL. I think it would have been fun if this had caught on like Goth Day and Gay Days. If you are at DL or WDW today supposedly they will be meeting in front of the Castle for pics,etc.!
Originally Posted By gadzuux I really hope this catches on! Everybody's got "something" in the closet that's stylish and maybe even a bit over the top. What a fun idea to encourage people to 'spiffy up' for a day and promenade around. I even love the name - "Dapper Day". Too cool.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I know I wish I was a local. I have the white purse(vintage) that the little lady is carrying in the pre-show show of Indiana Jones. I could have gotten a vintage straw hat like hers and some white gloves. I guess that might sound strange since a lot of posters think I am a guy. So funny I just might lol. I have noticed not very many pictures have been posted on LP of all the recent themed weekends. I was there for Chinese New Year themed weekend and I did not post any.Funny that the recent Flower&Garden has pics but our DL posters have not been posting much. What's up? Where are the locals? We want pics of the construction walls all over the place please!
Originally Posted By alexbook I can't make it to the parks today (and don't have anything appropriate to wear anyway), but I really hope somebody posts some pics. It's a nice, sunny day, just chilly enough to make jackets and ties seem appropriate.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>I think it would have been fun if this had caught on like Goth Day and Gay Days.<< It might yet. My impression is that each of those started small and grew.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 In the 50's and early 60's, people used to dress kind of nicely to visit DL, believe it or not. In old pictures you see a lot of men wearing suit jackets, and even women in white gloves.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Everybody's got "something" in the closet that's stylish >>> Oh, I don't know about that. Remember this scene? George Castanza: "What exactly is 'smart casual'?" Jerry Seinfeld: "I don't know, but you don't have it!" That about sums up my wardrobe.
Originally Posted By Sparrow It's a cute idea but I got for comfort over style on a Disney park day...
Originally Posted By Dalia3001 I guess I was there on that day, but didn't know about the Dapper Day event, and didn't notice anyone dressed up. Maybe I wasn't looking in the right place.
Originally Posted By fkurucz "In the 50's and early 60's, people used to dress kind of nicely to visit DL, believe it or not. In old pictures you see a lot of men wearing suit jackets, and even women in white gloves." Yup! In our old family home movies (from the 60's) you can clearly see this. Suits and ties, stylish dresses, etc.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I remember when we were on our honeymoon, we went to Disney's Animal Kingdom dressed up because we had dining reservations at Calfornia Grill for dinner. I had a button up shirt, trousers, leather shoes, and a jacket; Sarah was in a dress. I still would not have considered myself dressed up compared to work or a dress up meal, but we sure got funny looks. Same thing when we dressed up for the Napa Rose and had time to ride Soarin' before dinner. People looked at us like we were wierd. And yet I have gone to DLP in black tie, and nobody flinched. Lol
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 "n the 50's and early 60's, people used to dress kind of nicely to visit DL, believe it or not. In old pictures you see a lot of men wearing suit jackets, and even women in white gloves." The thing is, back then that wasn't really dressing up per se. Women wore dresses and pearls and heels and hats and gloves, and that was just considered being put together. That was how you dressed when you left the house. Most women back then would never have stepped out to a public place dressed in jeans and tennis shoes. I wish I was down there for this...it sounds really fun!
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Most women back then would never have stepped out to a public place dressed in jeans and tennis shoes. >>> I remember an episode of I Love Lucy where Ethel said something to the effect of "I'm not riding the subway in blue jeans!" That apparently would have been totally out of the question for a proper housewife in 1950's NYC.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I remember when we were on our honeymoon, we went to Disney's Animal Kingdom dressed up because we had dining reservations at Calfornia Grill for dinner. I had a button up shirt, trousers, leather shoes, and a jacket; Sarah was in a dress. I still would not have considered myself dressed up compared to work or a dress up meal, but we sure got funny looks. Same thing when we dressed up for the Napa Rose and had time to ride Soarin' before dinner. People looked at us like we were wierd*** You'd fit right in at TDR. Oftentimes you see groups of businessmen in suits, presumably on a work related outing. I feel sorry for the poor saps in the summertime, it's brutal (not to mention rather silly) to walk around all day in the hot sun wearing a business suit! Yikes.
Originally Posted By poohbear14 I saw a few people dressed up, mostly guys. I didn't know about the day being designated "Dapper Day". My friend thought it was another Disney internet group that planned a dress up day. Too bad I didn't take any pictures.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <The thing is, back then that wasn't really dressing up per se.> Yep. My own parents dressed like that (well, no gloves or pearls for Mom) our first few trips. I even remember our first trip to Knotts where Dad said something like "I guess you don't have to dress for this place, like you do for Disneyland."
Originally Posted By fkurucz "The thing is, back then that wasn't really dressing up per se. Women wore dresses and pearls and heels and hats and gloves, and that was just considered being put together. That was how you dressed when you left the house." I wouldn't go that far. I recall in SoCal in the 60's that lots of women wouldn't "dress up" to go to the grocery store, etc. But they would dress up for more "special" ocassions: eating out at a restaurant, going to the movies, etc.
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^^And for that matter, in our old movies not everyone at DL is dressed up in suits or dresses either. Many did not. It's just that today virtually no one dresses like that at DL.
