Jingle Dress - Original Design

Original Design

Jingle dresses were originally made of fabric in solid, "healthy" colors - red, green/yellow, black and blue. Each dress was adorned with jingles on the sleeves, the top, and one, two, or three rows of jingles on the bottom. The jingles were made from chewing tobacco can lids, rolled into cones.

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