Fashion is My Muse

Ruth Dukas Paper Dress (Photo from the Toronto Telegram November 16, 1967) Remember this post back in February where I wrote about a di...

It's official. I've signed my contract to be the keynote speaker for the Costume Society of America - Midwest Region Conference ...

Pulp Fashion at the Legion of Honor Photo by Ingrid Mida 2011 The  Legion of Honor, Museum of Fine Art  is currently showing a retrospec...

The phenomena of the paper dress is something that has long intrigued and inspired me. First introduced to the market in 1966 as a novelty i...

Map of A Life Dress by Ingrid Mida 2010 Vintage Maps, Thread, Glue, Mannequin This dress was constructed out of maps collected by my moth...

Details of orange paper dress ensemble from 1966, copyright Ingrid Mida 2009 Mixed media (Paper, ribbon, thread) Details from blue paper dre...

Launch Gallery in Toronto asked me to fill their sculpture vitrine with my mixed media pieces for the balance of the summer. Here is an up ...

Zara , Paper Dress and Accessories, Mixed Media, mounted in 8x10 shadow box copyright Ingrid Mida 2009 Gabriela , Paper Dress and Accessori...

Eugenia , copyright Ingrid Mida 2009 Mixed Media, 5x7 mounted Amelie , copyright Ingrid Mida 2009 Mixed media, 5x7 mounted Henrietta , copyr...

Hussein Chalayan, Airmail Dress, 1999 Private Collection From the Paper Dress Exhibition next at MOMU in Anvers (March 12 - August 16, 20...

Paper dresses were a huge phenomena in the mid 1960s. Initially created in 1966 by the Scott Paper Company as a marketing gimmick to promote...