Lamp shade hostesses

The cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks has apologized for having hostesses wearing lampshades on their heads greeting guests outside its "CyberRisk Collaborative Happy Hour" event in Las Vegas.

More info: BBC.com

Perhaps they were inspired by the Lamp Shade Queen of 1939:

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Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 20, 2024
Category: Furniture

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Slate takes a shot at the history of donning a lampshade at a party:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/03/when-did-drunk-people-start-putting-lampshades-on-their-heads.html

Posted by crc on 08/20/24 at 05:48 AM

TVTropes will ruin - or, indeed, enhance - your life: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeWearing

Posted by Richard Bos on 08/24/24 at 10:19 AM

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