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Family Business That Made Paper Dresses
- Jill Bear Sporin's family company Mars Manufacturing pivoted from paper undergarments for soldiers to making printed laminated paper dresses called Caseel that sold massively in the 1960s.
- Scott Paper promotion triggered 25,000 orders in two days and Mars reached sales up to 100,000 dresses a week, fueling corporate and airline promotional dresses.
When Look Outpaced Feel In Fashion
- The paper dress fad exposed a shift where look separated from feel, people bought garments from photos without knowing tactile experience.
- Practical failures—chafing, fragility, rain, and tugging at short hemlines—plus Earth Day backlash ended the fad.
How A Dominatrix Stores Her Latex Collection
- Victoria, a professional dominatrix, introduced the host to latex and stores her expensive latex collection in drawers away from light to preserve it.
- Latex garments are kept in baggies and drawers because hanging and light exposure damage rubber.