Disney's Dapper Day, Fall 2016!

Twice a year here in Orlando there's an unofficial Disney event called Dapper Day, and it. is. awesome. Simply put, you dress nice, show up, and gawk at all the pretty outfits. Most have a vintage flair, and there's Disneybounding galore, but really, almost anything goes.

All the feelz for this Inside Out group. :)

Last Saturday was the first Dapper Day held at Epcot, since it usually alternates between Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom. I was excited about the change of scenery, until I realized it was also the last weekend of the Food & Wine Festival, which draws massive, massive crowds.

Given the shoulder-to-shoulder walls of people, the vastly larger park to spread out in, and the fact that public Dapper Day meetups are no longer allowed (boo), it was a real challenge photographing people this round. That said, I still found plenty, so prepare for eye candy, peeps!

Starting with my friends Christie and Chris as R2D2 & C3PO (check out his socks!!). Christie made her dress from original 1920's instructions - no pattern - then made a Mouse Droid sequin purse to go with it, which is seriously the coolest.

Then Christie's sister Robyn was BB-8!

Seriously, this group raises the bar every Dapper Day. Love 'em to pieces.

Now let's talk about this EPIC Space Mountain purse:

And she's dressed as a vintage flight attendant with Tomorrowland pins!

An oh-so-pretty Suffragette:

Gotta say,  I do love having Spaceship Earth in the background. It's like Past meets Future.

Dapper 1940s Wonder Woman:

And the most delightful Nightmare Before Christmas trio:

Two colorful groups - let's see how many Disneybounds you recognize:

I spy Donald & Goofy in the middle left, of course, then I believe that's Kida and Esmerelda on the far right. [Update: Aha, and the gentleman is Pooh! Good call, commenters!]

The first of several Figment 'bounds, and a lovely Cinderella skirt:

Figment has tiny orange horns for hair clips, and check out her pretty belt bow!

The ladies on the left are 'bounding as the Citrus Swirl (with Orange Bird) and Dole Whip. And that's a sweet Tiana and Naveen on the right. (Her purse is a frog!)

More fabulousness spotted at lunch:

That's Peter Pan, Hook, and Smee on the left, and epic dresses for Nightmare Before Christmas and Spaceship Earth on the right.

Here's a closer look at the Pan group:

Hook's lantern had a pictures of Tinkerbell inside, and I like how she painted a hook on her glove!

Back outside, I was impressed to find this festive holiday group:

Impressed because it was HOT out there. Definitely not sweater-and-scarf weather here yet!

My friend and Epbot reader Traci as a chic Figment:

She made everything herself! 

And another Figment, this time with a dapper Dreamfinder - so I was thrilled to catch them with the Journey to Imagination building in the background:

Swooning over her fabulous Figment horns fascinator. Lookie:

 The Spaceship Earth fabric! Ah! And she just let me know it's from Hat and Mouse, which has many pretties. Drooling.

Lemme pause my own pics here for a sec to show you some of the best stuff I missed, all found on Instagram. (Click any pic to go to the poster's account.)

These Maleficent horns are everything. And the Master Gracey in the middle! And I think that's Mary Poppins? Anyway, incredible group.

I was mildly crushed to miss Cindy in her Tomorrow's Child dress:

That's rainbow tulle underneath, peeps, and metallic silver heels. YES. Plus her bag looks like Spaceship Earth!

Fantastic Jack and Sally.

I only spotted one of these fairies in the crowd, so I'm glad avidchick posted a group shot:

I'm naturally drawn to Disneybounders, but I gotta say, there's something equally magical about the purely vintage dappers. So many of these folks look like they stepped out of an old fashion magazine:

Perfection.

Ok, last Instagram find: this shot of Anna & Liz is one of the sweetest character interactions I've ever seen:

Is it dusty in here? Gah. MY HEART.

Ok, back to MY photos.

I wish I could have taken all my shots in the UK gardens. 

These sisters were a delight:

First, Judy Hopps!

And then her sister as Lady, wearing some of my favorite colors:

Love this emerald green:

If you spot this gentleman in the hat next Dapper Day, say hello:

He was one of the nicer encounters of the day for me. Really lovely man.

Did I squeal when I saw this Maleficent and Cheshire cat? Yes, yes I did:

Her tail is pinned around the side of her skirt!

Now that I'm winding down I suppose I should mention John and I did dress up this year. We threw our outfits together the night before, so we didn't match, but I was a gender-swapped Gaston and John was mildly steampunky:

Of course, I forgot to have anyone take our picture 'til it was too dark, and you can't see my fun boots here. Oops. (Those are yellow gloves tucked in at my waist, and I'm wearing this gold stag necklace.) Even though my 'bound was subtle, easily half the groups I stopped to photograph called out, "Gaston!!" so, you know, THAT was just the coolest.

Next time we'll be more prepared, and oh yes, John WILL be a gender-swapped, dapper Belle. He was crushed he couldn't do it this time, and actually spent Saturday morning searching every store in the area for a yellow dress shirt. Ha! So yeah, next time.

Speaking of yellow, this couple dressed in dapper Fallout Vault Boy colors! That's a first!

I bet they confused so many people, and I love it.

And my final shots of the evening:

After I took these the guy said, "Wait, one more!" Then they did this:

D'aww. 

Of course, right that second my camera decided it wasn't going to focus, so I kept calling, "Hang on, hold it, hold it, hooooold itttttt..." .. but you know, I really don't think they minded too much. :D

Hope you enjoyed your virtual visit to Dapper Day with me! As always, these are just my top favorite photos, so head over to my Flickr album to see the rest.

Most of the Disney parks have their own Dapper Days now, so check the official website for dates and more info.