The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

“Jeannie” Gets Funky!

I love Barbara Eden and “I Dream of Jeannie,” but where were her loved ones when she agreed to “get down” on nationa...

June 2, 2012 by Douglas Wood

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Frency Singing Family Goes Cowboy – La Famille Dessureault Record Album

When I saw the purple clad cowboy family (bare midriff ? check. Purple cowboy hat? check. Unflattering doubleknit polyester slacks? check!) ...

May 29, 2012 by Mod Betty RetroRoadmap.com

PRINCE Halloween Costume

No description needed, the picture tells it all!...

May 19, 2012 by BeeJay

Irving Berlin would plotz

As the song says, “In your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it.” Major frills below in this Easter Bonnet, 2012 style:...

April 11, 2012 by Douglas Wood

Frothy Easter Parade

Wow I just love this, an Easter Parade in one of the Southern States of the US , they remind me of those doll toilet roll covers…...

April 10, 2012 by shirlie williams

Santa says Happy Easter

Today we went to Cheddar Gorge, in Somerset, one of the shops they have is a Christmas Shop that is open all year, today Santa was seen spor...

April 9, 2012 by shirlie williams

All On A Mardi Gras Day Part 3 Rex and more

You see all sort of things on Mardi Gras Day. REX just finished being written by a skywriter, seen walking on Camp Street heading toward ...

March 25, 2012 by BRBill

Tiny Tot Tweety Bird Costume

I found this vintage Halloween costume at a flea market this weekend for only 50 cents! I bought it to photo and rehome, and I figured you...

March 24, 2012 by Nessa

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All On A Mardi Gras Day Part 2- Zulu and the Indians

The plan, which was gone over in Part 1, was to get to New Orleans early and be on Jackson Avenue for the whole of Zulu. Here leading the Zu...

March 6, 2012 by BRBill

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All On A Mardi Gras Day Part 1- Marching Bands

What’s a parade without a marching band or few. The goal this year was to get outta the house, down to New Orleans and onto Jackson Av...

March 3, 2012 by BRBill

Don’t Trash California: Because Fashion is Everything, That’s Why

These costumed gentlemen are celebrating Halloween exactly the way it should be celebrated, in Anaheim. All I know is that it’s hard...

January 26, 2012 by Anita DelRio

Youmacon 2011 in Detroit

Allow me to share some pictures from my recent fun weekend at an Anime Convention in Detroit, Youmacon! I was on staff again this year, an...

November 20, 2011 by Nessa

aliens in da house

I love these costumes. I love the effort, the result and the design!! there is a lot of heart that went into these aliens....

October 28, 2011 by snappyp

Otakon 2011

Another year, another Otakon! Here’s some fun pictures from Otakon 2011. In case you’ve forgotten, Otakon is the East Coast&...

August 31, 2011 by Nessa

Bill and Melanie Go See The Mardi Gras Pt.3

And to backtrack to St. Charles Avenue a bit as i forgot to put this in Pt. 2. This is the Beouf Gras, the Fatted Calf, symbolizing the R...

March 26, 2011 by BRBill

Bill and Melanie Go See The Mardi Gras Pt.2

We’ve seen Zulu parade down Jackson Avenue and some Indians. Now it’s over by 2nd and Dryades by the H&R Bar to see more Ind...

March 19, 2011 by BRBill

Bill and Melanie Go See The Mardi Gras Pt.1

Up at 5am before the alarm, this is the only day i’ll gladly get up that early. Gaye once made a statement something to the effect ...

March 18, 2011 by BRBill

Strange Costumes

As a total sucker of old photographs I was very excited to find an old dusty paperbox with pics in the house of my husbands grandpa. There w...

March 7, 2011 by BeeJay

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Child’s Costume Special Forces from Target

Who could make this up? I came across this a few years ago while shopping at Target and couldn’t believe my eyes. YOUR child could be ...

February 11, 2011 by Rusty

Ohayocon 2011

Nessa here, just back from Ohayocon 2011 in lovely Columbus, Ohio! I’m not on staff at Ohayocon but I love to go there because it...

February 7, 2011 by Nessa

Youmacon in Detroit

I don’t know if it’s exactly Kitschy, Allee, but I thought you might be interested and enjoy seeing these photos from Youmacon, ...

December 9, 2010 by Nessa

“Barbarella” Queen of the Galaxy

Though this movie was made in 1968, we saw for the first time just a few days ago. The set designs and costumes were ahead of their time. Th...

December 7, 2010 by MyFunCloset