Between 1930-1960, there was an unspoken law that whenever people dressed up as Disney characters, their costumes had to be downright ghastly.
https://gizmodo.com/vintage-disneyland-character-costumes-were-the-fabric-o-5912099
https://gizmodo.com/behold-the-mickey-mouse-gas-mask-from-world-war-ii-5888018
https://gizmodo.com/disney-cosplay-in-the-1930s-was-unadulterated-horror-5850211
And indeed, these Mickey Mouse outfits from 1931 are the kind of pervert suits that you find in spanking clubs located in condemned rendering plants. (Not that we’d know anything about those, of course.) Are these stitched together from Goofy’s skin? Unclear. In any case, everybody sing along now! ♪ M-I-C ♬ K-E-YOURRAAGGHH ♫
RELATED: Ye olde Wizard of Oz outfits weren’t much better, when Mickey Mouse tried to kill himself.
https://gizmodo.com/this-is-easily-the-creepiest-wizard-of-oz-related-photo-5918461
https://gizmodo.com/back-in-the-day-mickey-mouse-attempted-suicide-and-fou-5920675
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