13May 2009

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Blue Jean Pitcher

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Blue jeans were SO popular in the 70’s they not only were wrapped around every inappropriate body shape imaginable but also around every object that could possibly be interpreted via denim. This pitcher is one of my favorites. Not only is the blue ceramic faithful to the blotches of fading with deeper blue remaining around the stitching but it even has a glossy ceramic rawhide label.

I used this on the set of Just Say Julie, the first music video clip show on MTV ever, which I art directed from 1989 to 1991. That’s when I crossed the line from a collector of great Atomic design into hard core Kitsch. Some of things I bought at swap meets were so ugly it creeped me out they were in the car. But they were perfect for Julie as they were as crass and commercial as many of the videos she was spoofing.

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8 Responses to “Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Blue Jean Pitcher”

  2. windupkitty

    i wonder if bruce springsteen commissioned this….

  3. s newsom

    I wonder if you might know where one could find a coffe cup version of this blue jean pitcher? My father-in-law had one from his childhood and it was broken…????

    Please help if you can!

    • Allee

      Seeing as this is vintage I have no idea where to get the coffee cup versions of this but someone very recently told me that their mom still had some so hopefully they’ll be posting them soon at awmok.com. They won’t be for sale but at lease you can see them again!

  5. Allee

    Sorry, not for sale. I got the pitcher on eBay about 3 years ago. Defendant, with cops I most certainly would have gotten those as I don’t believe in breaking up sets.

    • Allee

      Sorry, not for sale. I got the pitcher on eBay about 3 years ago. I would have definitely gotten the cups had they come with it as I don’t believe in breaking up sets. Wish I could help you but it’s part of my personal collection. You should post the cups at The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch, my other webste where we glorfy things like this – AWMOK.com – as maybe someone there will know where to locate the pitcher. I’d love to see the cups too.