“Hi Helen!” sing out a dozen Helen Ropers gathered at a bar called Sidetracks in Ypsilanti, Mich. They are mostly Gen X women, resplendent in colorful caftans, red curly wigs and clunky 1970s-style ...

The five curly-haired red heads, dressed in colorful caftans, were hard to miss as they flitted around the beach bar Ocean Annie’s, drinks in hand. The “Helens,” at the Myrtle Beach area bar for a ...

The western Mass chapter of the International Order of Mrs. Ropers gathers at Luthier’s Co-op and Backstage Bar in Easthampton. Tanya Costigan’s outfit and props for a previous Roper Romp. The western ...

Hundreds of costumed "Helens" are cheerfully invading bars across the country this month in honor of Helen Roper, the character from the 1970s sitcom Three's Company. Above, three "founding Helens": ...

Hundreds of costumed "Helens" are cheerfully invading bars across the country in honor of Helen Roper, from the 1970s sitcom Three's Company. See a loopy landlady in a caftan? Mrs. Roper may be ...