The Original Disneyland Mickey and Minnie
When Disneyland first opened, Walt Disney needed some costumes. The quickest and the simplest way to source these was to simply borrow them from the Ice Capades, where Mickey, Minnie, and other Disney characters regularly performed. The problem?
These costumes were designed to be seen from a far distance, and they were designed to allow trained ice dancers the best possible field of vision. Up close, these costumes were downright terrifying.