The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

THE BROWN BEETLES

The Brown Beetles I really wish that I could share a little bit of info about them, but so far the only thing I know for a fact is that the...

March 29, 2011 by Facebeater

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Keep her where she belongs

I wonder why she is not licking the shoe in this ad. But maybe they thought that would be sexist....

March 28, 2011 by BeeJay

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EFFIE DROPBOTTOM

Effie Dropbottom was born in Oklahoma City and got the showbiz fever at an early age, but his parents turned their thumbs downs on it until�...

March 25, 2011 by Facebeater

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The Shaggs from NH

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaggs read about The Shaggs from Freemont NH...

by Dennis

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PEARL BOX REVUE

A 1960’s black drag revue from the Pearl Box bar in New York. Three sides of this double LP are the usual drag stuff, but the last sid...

March 24, 2011 by Facebeater

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The Queen of Kitsch (Painting by BeeJay)

Here it comes – created in a night of insomnia :) Acrylic on Canvas, 25 x 30 cm (the converter told me in inches this is 9.84 x 11.81,...

March 23, 2011 by BeeJay

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Vintage Simplicity Pattern Catalog

You are going to love this vintage Simplicity catalog! Even if styles are similar, the prints and color schemes tend to change a lot. I re...

March 20, 2011 by Nessa

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WOW! Big, fabulous hair from Paris Fashion Week! (A dedication to “I Am Fluff”)

I know some of you are probably wondering why I dedicated this to the queen of fluff, “I Am Fluff” (a fellow akitschionado here ...

by denny

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Purple Polyester Album Cover

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March 19, 2011 by lolashmola

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Barbie Hair

Seeing Pigmy Will’s post about curlers reminded me of a picture I took about a year ago. I had been working on a photo project with ...

March 18, 2011 by Nessa

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Now I Can Show Christ’s Love by Jim Sunderwirth & Lenn Robots

The most mind blowing plaid ever! Those ties look like gigantic polish sausages stuffed inside their shirts but that follicular fabulousne...

by denny

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Keane Print

These were a gift from my sister. the blond is 12×18. ...

by Dennis

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Walking Turn-Un

I think the title tells it all....

March 17, 2011 by BeeJay

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Fabulous Stewardess FASHIONS from the 70’s

They all look like they have flying saucers on their heads. Amazing hair-do’s! I don’t remember stewardesses wearing any type ...

March 16, 2011 by denny

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Napco Pixie

I’m not sure you can ever have enough pixies. She has red hair like me! She has blue paint on her face…...

March 15, 2011 by Nessa

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – “Why Yes Fly Me”… On My Way To SXSW!

This 18 inch tall plaster stewardess is a stone cold vestige of the late 1960’s spirit of flying, when both planes and the people that...

March 14, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Happy Birthday, Ken Doll!

Ken Doll turned 50 this March 13th, 2011. Here 70s Ken and Barbie enjoy some treats… in celebration of the big 5-0. Barbie is older ...

by Nessa

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God Leads Us Along featuring Wendell Cox – another fabulous religious lp

Rock it out brothers and sister! Her dress and helmet hair are pretty sweet, in fact the are the sweetest thing about this cover!...

March 13, 2011 by denny

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The Meters “Look-A Py Py” – lp

Killer afro here, just killer....

March 11, 2011 by denny

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New Beauty Wigs! The Shorty Style!

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March 10, 2011 by denny

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“The Allee Willis Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Supreme” – Part 3

Here are the two layers that would eventually be stuck together. I came up with the idea of using a splattering of honey from top to bottom ...

March 9, 2011 by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Japanese Apple Comb

In terms of junking up ordinary items in extraordinary ways I can usually depend on products that come in packaging with horrendously poor t...

by Allee Willis

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To Tell The Truth….. It’s Kitty!

Kitty Carlisle wasn’t always kitsch. I think that her transformation from Socialite to Kitsch-alite came when she appeared as a regu...

by Spotnik

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Egyptian Civil Resistance Tote Bag

Found this bag at a garage sale and thought it would make the perfect accessory for any hip young Egyptian protestor who wants to help overt...

March 8, 2011 by Douglas Wood

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Salon Perfect Hair…… At Home

What was every harried housewife missing for that perfect Toni or Lilt at-home perm? Well of course it was this salon-style beehive hair d...

by Spotnik

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