WDW's Dapper Day, Spring 2015

Last Saturday hordes of well-dressed Dizgeeks descended on the Magic Kingdom here in Orlando, braving the nearly 90-degree heat in gorgeous vintage fashions and dapper accessories.

 

Even better, many fans incorporated Disneybounding into their snazzy styles, so you could easily spend the whole day people-watching and guessing who's-who!

 

Dapper Day has positively exploded in attendance over the past few years, and it was a delight to see so many beautifully turned out guests roaming the parks with parasols, walking sticks, and the like.

They brought a real sense of elegance to the Magic Kingdom, and made the rest of us feel downright schlubby by comparison. Heh.

That's right, I *still* have yet to dapper myself up - but John went shopping early that morning just so he could surprise me with this:

 He said he felt like he should be selling ice cream in this outfit, but I think it's awesome. 

Even with only taking pics of my favorites, I ended up with a couple hundred photos - which I will now condense down to my top 40. Ish. Enjoy!

It's only fitting someone would Disneybound as a Dapper Dan, so kudos to Dapper Jill here for stepping up! And that fella is actually Bert from Mary Poppins, but the straw hat fooled me at first.

The Kingdom has two new park-like areas right outside the hub, complete with beautiful fountains and plenty of green (fake) grass for picnics:

Seeing the new grassy areas filled with dapper gents & ladies made them even more beautiful - pretty as a vintage postcard!

 

This gal hand-painted her skirt with the castle & Cinderella's coach:

 And here's another skirt with the house from Up - plus a Disneybound Orange Bird & Mad Hatter:

 

Love those Orange Bird ears - and I'm pretty sure she made them herself!

Fifties-style skirts with Disney designs are pretty popular for Dapper Day. Here's a fun Captain Hook on the right:

And that's Smee on the left, wearing a nautical rope fascinator. Hee! (In the middle is Marie from Aristocats; she had a giant pink bow on the back of her dress.) 

A fab Mickey dress:

Plus check out the poison apple Mickey ears on the left!

My friend Christie dressed as a 40's style Elsa, with her hubby Chris as Olaf and her sister Robyn as Anna:

 

 Aren't they great? We spent the day with them, and little kids kept mistaking Christie for the *real* Elsa. I also took way too many pictures of them all, because I'm basically their groupie now.

Next, Captain America & Agent Carter:

   This couple was dressed the most authentically vintage - at least to my eyes - and just stunning:

Here's a close-up, so you can fully appreciate those rockin' orange specs:

 Love.

Pastel pretties:

 And possibly my favorite group of the day, this Wonderland trio:

That's the White Rabbit, Alice, and the Queen of Hearts, and they were just the sweetest:

The Queen had playing cards on both her parasol and her hat, and the White Rabbit had a fur-trimmed bow tie! SO FUN.

I'm pretty sure these two Donald Duck 'bounders didn't even know each other, but everyone kept asking for more pics of them together:

 I love how they "put up their dukes" to pose!

Fabulous fifties couple and a 'bounding Tiana with a lily-pad in her hair:

 So happy to see more guys getting in on the Disneybounding action this year, too!

That's Olaf, Sully, and Woody. 

 I really love this next shot; all the pretty dresses!

One of the meetups that day was for the Riverboat, and there were so many Dapper Day folks that only about half fit on the boat at a time, so it took two trips to fit them all!

 Another Bert, this time with Mary:

And the dapper Avengers, assembled:

 

 This couple was 'bounding as Lady & the Tramp - check out her collar necklace!

 And that's a lady Gaston holding a dapper Baymax. (SO CUTE.)

This couple actually asked *me* to take their photo, which was a first.  

So I guess I managed to fool at least a few people into thinking I was the official Dapper Day photog. (Woot woot!)

More cute couples:

 A dapper Merida plus a trio with Peter Pan, Jane, and Mary:

 More pretty ladies:

 And finally, my favorite dress of the day:

 

 Because ORANGEY GOODNESS! 

And I love the petticoats. 

Hope you enjoyed your virtual visit to Dapper Day, everyone! And hey, considering the raging sunburn I got after neglecting to cover up my lily-white hermit arms, you're probably better off this way. :D (Take THAT, vitamin D deficiency!)

PS - For all you dapper folk who were there on Saturday: there's still more! So be sure to check my Flickr gallery to see if I got your picture!

PPS - Forgot to mention the official website, DapperDay.com! Check it out for their schedule of future Dapper Days and for some sweet photo galleries.