diff --git a/src/app/WardrobePage/OutfitControls.js b/src/app/WardrobePage/OutfitControls.js
index 0bccf4c..9f781a4 100644
--- a/src/app/WardrobePage/OutfitControls.js
+++ b/src/app/WardrobePage/OutfitControls.js
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ import {
   DownloadIcon,
   LinkIcon,
 } from "@chakra-ui/icons";
+import { MdPause, MdPlayArrow } from "react-icons/md";
+import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
 
 import PosePicker from "./PosePicker";
 import SpeciesColorPicker from "../components/SpeciesColorPicker";
+import { useLocalStorage } from "../util";
 import useOutfitAppearance from "../components/useOutfitAppearance";
-import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
 
 /**
  * OutfitControls is the set of controls layered over the outfit preview, to
@@ -150,6 +152,9 @@ function OutfitControls({ outfitState, dispatchToOutfit }) {
         <Box>
           <CopyLinkButton outfitState={outfitState} />
         </Box>
+        <Box>
+          <PlayPauseButton />
+        </Box>
       </Stack>
       <Box gridArea="space" onClick={maybeUnlockFocus} />
       <Flex gridArea="picker" justify="center" onClick={maybeUnlockFocus}>
@@ -238,6 +243,23 @@ function CopyLinkButton({ outfitState }) {
   );
 }
 
+function PlayPauseButton() {
+  const [isPaused, setIsPaused] = useLocalStorage("DTIOutfitIsPaused", true);
+
+  const label = isPaused ? "Start animations" : "Stop animations";
+  return (
+    <Tooltip label={label} placement="left">
+      <Box>
+        <ControlButton
+          icon={isPaused ? <MdPlayArrow /> : <MdPause />}
+          aria-label={label}
+          onClick={() => setIsPaused(!isPaused)}
+        />
+      </Box>
+    </Tooltip>
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * ControlButton is a UI helper to render the cute round buttons we use in
  * OutfitControls!
diff --git a/src/app/components/OutfitCanvas.js b/src/app/components/OutfitCanvas.js
index 4fdfc76..775109b 100644
--- a/src/app/components/OutfitCanvas.js
+++ b/src/app/components/OutfitCanvas.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const EaselContext = React.createContext({
   removeResizeListener: () => {},
 });
 
-function OutfitCanvas({ children, width, height }) {
+function OutfitCanvas({ children, width, height, pauseMovieLayers }) {
   const [stage, setStage] = React.useState(null);
   const resizeListenersRef = React.useRef([]);
   const canvasRef = React.useRef(null);
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ function OutfitCanvas({ children, width, height }) {
     //       updating here actually paused all movies! So, don't!)
   }, [stage, width, height]);
 
+  // When it's time to pause/unpause the movie layers, we implement this by
+  // disabling/enabling passing ticks along to the children. We don't stop
+  // playing the ticks altogether though, because we do want our fade-in/out
+  // transitions to keep playing!
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (stage) {
+      stage.tickOnUpdate = !pauseMovieLayers;
+    }
+  }, [stage, pauseMovieLayers]);
+
   if (loading) {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/src/app/components/OutfitPreview.js b/src/app/components/OutfitPreview.js
index 656bb29..a22dd99 100644
--- a/src/app/components/OutfitPreview.js
+++ b/src/app/components/OutfitPreview.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import OutfitCanvas, {
   useEaselDependenciesLoader,
 } from "./OutfitCanvas";
 import HangerSpinner from "./HangerSpinner";
+import { useLocalStorage } from "../util";
 import useOutfitAppearance from "./useOutfitAppearance";
 
 /**
@@ -96,9 +97,10 @@ export function OutfitLayers({
   );
 
   const { loading: loadingEasel } = useEaselDependenciesLoader();
-
   const loadingAnything = loading || loadingEasel;
 
+  const [isPaused] = useLocalStorage("DTIOutfitIsPaused", true);
+
   // When we start in a loading state, or re-enter a loading state, start the
   // loading delay timer.
   React.useEffect(() => {
@@ -152,7 +154,11 @@ export function OutfitLayers({
         engine === "canvas" ? (
           !loadingEasel && (
             <FullScreenCenter>
-              <OutfitCanvas width={canvasSize} height={canvasSize}>
+              <OutfitCanvas
+                width={canvasSize}
+                height={canvasSize}
+                pauseMovieLayers={isPaused}
+              >
                 {visibleLayers.map((layer) =>
                   layer.canvasMovieLibraryUrl ? (
                     <OutfitCanvasMovie
diff --git a/src/app/util.js b/src/app/util.js
index ff4357a..a150835 100644
--- a/src/app/util.js
+++ b/src/app/util.js
@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ export function useFetch(url, { responseType }) {
  *
  * Adapted from https://usehooks.com/useLocalStorage/.
  */
+let storageListeners = [];
 export function useLocalStorage(key, initialValue) {
-  const [storedValue, setStoredValue] = React.useState(() => {
+  const loadValue = React.useCallback(() => {
     try {
       const item = window.localStorage.getItem(key);
       return item ? JSON.parse(item) : initialValue;
@@ -189,16 +190,38 @@ export function useLocalStorage(key, initialValue) {
       console.log(error);
       return initialValue;
     }
-  });
+  }, [key, initialValue]);
+
+  const [storedValue, setStoredValue] = React.useState(loadValue);
 
   const setValue = (value) => {
     try {
       setStoredValue(value);
       window.localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(value));
+      storageListeners.forEach((l) => l());
     } catch (error) {
       console.log(error);
     }
   };
 
+  const reloadValue = React.useCallback(() => {
+    setStoredValue(loadValue());
+  }, [loadValue, setStoredValue]);
+
+  // Listen for changes elsewhere on the page, and update here too!
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    storageListeners.push(reloadValue);
+    return () => {
+      storageListeners = storageListeners.filter((l) => l !== reloadValue);
+    };
+  }, [reloadValue]);
+
+  // Listen for changes in other tabs, and update here too! (This does not
+  // catch same-page updates!)
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    window.addEventListener("storage", reloadValue);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener("storage", reloadValue);
+  }, [reloadValue]);
+
   return [storedValue, setValue];
 }
diff --git a/src/stories/OutfitCanvas.stories.js b/src/stories/OutfitCanvas.stories.js
index 60aae55..7f8a2ad 100644
--- a/src/stories/OutfitCanvas.stories.js
+++ b/src/stories/OutfitCanvas.stories.js
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ export default {
   title: "Dress to Impress/OutfitCanvas",
   component: OutfitCanvas,
   argTypes: {
+    paused: {
+      name: "Paused",
+    },
     pet: {
       name: "Pet",
       control: {
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ export default {
 //       So this is noticeably faster!
 
 const Template = (args) => (
-  <OutfitCanvas width={300} height={300}>
+  <OutfitCanvas width={300} height={300} pauseMovieLayers={args.paused}>
     {args.pet === "Blue Acara" && (
       <>
         <OutfitCanvasImage
@@ -73,16 +76,19 @@ export const BlueAcara = Template.bind({});
 BlueAcara.args = {
   pet: "Blue Acara",
   items: [],
+  paused: false,
 };
 
 export const BubblesOnWaterForeground = Template.bind({});
 BubblesOnWaterForeground.args = {
   pet: "None",
   items: ["Bubbles In Water Foreground"],
+  paused: false,
 };
 
 export const BlueAcaraWithForeground = Template.bind({});
 BlueAcaraWithForeground.args = {
   pet: "Blue Acara",
   items: ["Bubbles In Water Foreground"],
+  paused: false,
 };