Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s I need your 1950s dress-up ideas that will survive a hot day for men. I can easily wear a light dress, but how about the men? <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/07/celebrate-the-official-60th-anniversary-of-disneyland-by-showing-your-1955-disneyside/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...neyside/</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt That's pretty easy. Go to a vintage 2nd hand store and buy a pair of pleated light weight trousers and a comfortable white button up shirt (worn tucked in of course). The hard part will be finding a nice pair of leather shoes that don't kill his feet from walking and standing in line all day.
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s <The hard part will be finding a nice pair of leather shoes that don't kill his feet from walking and standing in line all day.> Indeed. Hm. I'm likely going to get a pair of white canvas shoes and use fabric markers to make them look like saddle shoes. Maybe I can come up with something similar so he won't be dying of both heat stroke and blisters. <Don't forget the hat.> Yes, the hat. Since he is bald, he'll need that for the sun anyway.
Originally Posted By wa6oqc If you have boys under 10 use suspenders no belts! Short or long pants ironed with pleats and if needed, on the long pants, the cuffs rolled up. Shoes may be polished leather oxfords, penny loafers or black low top athletic shoes. (High top shoes were for older kids as they were harder to put on and take off.) For girls dresses with belts and saddle oxfords were the style.
Originally Posted By phruby Do not forget the horn rimmed glasses. Ones with glass lens can be bought at amazon for under $20.
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s You guys are great! The men are leaning towards bowling shirts, and I found a pair of Chuck Taylors for my son on clearance. My mom suggested plaid shorts. We'll see how much of this I can pull together in the next 10 days before we leave.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I think bowling shirts is a great idea. It's not what men actually wore to DL in the 50's (people actually dressed up to go there!), but I wouldn't want to wear a suit and tie in July, and a bowling shirt does say "50's" so I think it's a good compromise.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Although I think it's kind of lame that this appears to be the only official thing for the 17th so far, I think this would be really fun as part of a bigger event. Obviously it will be rather warm that day (though not as hot as most parts of the country), but I hope that enough people dress up that it makes for some good photo ops It's also interesting that this is the first time that Disney has officially adopted one of the unofficial fan days. I wonder if Bat's Day or Gay Days (or one of the other lesser-known ones) might follow suit...though I would be surprised if they did
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s <<Although I think it's kind of lame that this appears to be the only official thing for the 17th so far, I think this would be really fun as part of a bigger event.>> Yes, I've been waiting to hear what else will happen on the 17th and I'm surprised at the silence.
Originally Posted By darcy-becker I'll bet that they're trying to avoid the huge crowding issues they had at the 24 hour party.
