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==Fannish Fashion==
Sometimes it's hard to tell whether some [[fans]]’ clothes are meant to be [[cosplay]] or merely their idiosyncratic way of dressing. During the 1970s, for example, it became a trend for [[fans]] of all genders in the [[Midwest fandom|Midwest]] and mid-[[Southern fandom|South]] to wear caftans to [[cons]] (after a group of browsing [[fen]] discovered a big sale on them in the hotel gift shop at [[Rivercon]]). 

[[Stfnal]] [[t-shirts]] and shirts denoting [[cons]] and [[clubs]] are popular.  In the 1950s, [[CFG]] members sported spiffy club bowling shirts. 

[[NESFAns]] were so fond of dressing alike that their [[clubzine]] ''[[Instant Message]]'' published “T-Shirt Orders of the Day” before major [[conventions]]. For their [[Boston in '98]] [[Worldcon bid]], they went all out with matching, home-sewn vests in a black and gold astronomical pattern. ([[Australia in 1999]], poking gentle fun by making tiny vests for the clip-on toy koalas they were giving [[pre-supporters]], found them to be so popular that [[Koalawear]] became an important fundraiser.) 

Headgear such as [[Bob Lovell|moose antlers]] and the quintessential [[propeller beanie]] have been fashionable. [[Mike Glicksohn]] always wore an [[Australian]] [[The Hat Goes Home|bush hat]], and [[Lan Laskowski]] a coonskin cap.

All sorts of slogan-bearing '''buttons''' and [[emblems]] have been popular, not to mention [[ribbon]]s. [[Fanartists]] used to make custom [[nametags]] for their friends and for sale. 

Sometimes three-dimensional objects become a trend, as in the 1970s, when a lot of [[fen]] wore miniature toy dragons on their shoulders, a nod to the fire lizards of [[Anne McCaffrey]]’s Pern books. [[Lynn Parks]] mocked this fad by acquiring a bunch of hot pink hippopotamus-shaped plush bean bags, dubbed [[Hippotocon|Hippotofurs]], that she and her friends wore. 

[[Dave Kyle]], in his later years, wore a distinctive bright red jacket emblazoned with a [[First Fandom]] patch. [[Ben Yalow]]’s black [[bow-tie]] has become symbolic of [[smof]]fery. You may often see [[John Hertz]] clad in a top hat, white tie and tails. And then there’s [[Orange Mike]].

*[https://fanac.org/Fan_Artifacts/z01-p00.html Bid buttons.]


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