Awfully Personal Question for June 26, 2004

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One of the phenomena of the 1970s was the Kitsch Party. Participants were required to wear an item or ensemble that exhibited incredibly bad taste, and to bring a household or artistic item of similarly abominable taste. You were not allowed to purchase or make tasteless items just for the occasion — they had to be in your house, or borrowed. Everyone voted on the most tasteless items. At one such party, the ‘winning’ outfit consisted of a lime green and olive spandex miniskirt with ruffles, topped with a bizarre orange designer-made crop-top with a single shoulder strap. The winning household/art object was a ceramic ashtray featuring a 6″ tall Jesus on the cross.

If you were invited, along with a significant other, to such a Kitsch Party, what borrowed or closeted outfit would you wear, and what would you get your significant other to wear? What owned or borrowed work of art or decor would you bring? And what’s the most tasteless item of clothing or art you have ever seen anywhere? Extra points if you provide pictures, and double points if you’re wearing the items in question.

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