Is kitsch really bad taste? A luxury three piece suite made by very humble means.

“To understand bad taste one must have very good taste.” John Waters Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste (1981).

There has been a shift in kitsch from the fridge magnets and needle point cushions your Grandma used to own to purposfully designed kitsch items that are being bought by people who pride themselves on good taste. There is an apparent desire to promote and prove our impecablily good taste by consuming tacky kitsch items. The Chesterfold does just that.

The chesterfield, a well-known, high status chair is brought down a peg or two and blended with an avaerge 1950’s folding beach chair. Now you can take your three piece suite anywhere.

Eleanor Freya Gregory

Tags: bad taste, kitsch