The original Disneyland designers frequently populated their renderings with guests who appeared dressed for a day of sophisticated entertainment, men in sharp suits, toddlers working two-pieces, and ladies looking like a page from Dior's sketchbook - all as if a visit to Disneyland were on par with a night at the opera. And why shouldn't it be? That's what Dapper Day is about, realizing those designer's dreams that Disneyland be experienced as the upscale escape that it is, filled with fashionable guests ready for fun.
Interpret this however you like. A period "Mad Men" look is as correct as the latest haute couture.
On Dapper Day, you bring those illustrations to life when you become those well dressed guests the designers imagined (or hoped) would be filling the park.
John Hench, Tomorrowland Circlevision Theater
Herb Ryman, EPCOT
Morganeli (?) for Welton Becket and Associates, 1965 Tomorrowland
Herb Ryman, Tomorrowland
Herb Ryman, EPCOT
John Hench, Carousel of Progress (detail)
Herb Ryman, Disneyland Paris
John Hench, Carousel of Progress (detail)
Herb Ryman, 1980 EPCOT Horizons (detail)
Herbie Ryman, 1967 Flight to the Moon (detail)
Herb Ryman, Disneyland Paris (detail)
