Short Stuff: The Paper Dress Fad

This episode explores the surprisingly wild story of paper dresses, a bizarre mid-1960s fad that exploded when the Scott Paper Company created them as a marketing stunt for their DuraWeave product. Josh and Chuck dive into how these cheap, disposable A-frame mini dresses became a cultural phenomenon, spawning wild designs featuring everything from Campbell's Soup cans to Bob Dylan's face, and how companies like the Waste Basket Boutique were churning out hundreds of thousands of them weekly. They also unpack why this colorful moment in fashion history fizzled out almost as quickly as it arrived, touching on everything from changing hemlines and environmental consciousness to the very real problem of drunk party guests ruining them.