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A former costume designer, he fashioned crepe-paper outfits to help fire the imagination of his young daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Mr. Herkimer said that anticipating the advent of color television inspired him to create kaleidoscopic crepe-paper pompoms.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2015

The 20’s had paper costumes, which involved wearing crepe-paper hats or aprons over clothing to turn into a cauldron or cat.

From Time • Oct. 30, 2014

Others come from commercial outfits that cull government announcements for a fee. GovBids.com, for instance, alerted her two years ago that Westchester County Airport was looking for crepe-paper booties.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2010

On the shelf of the rolltop desk, like a mantel under the grandparents’ photos, there were bowls of plastic tangerines and oranges, crepe-paper flowers, plastic vases, porcelain vases filled with sand and incense sticks.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston