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Dustys and Lulu: Making Life Pretty

Why are opposites on pillowcases hilarious? Dustys and Lulu's range of extremely popular pillowcases are oxymoronic, and this makes them funny. Labels, stereotypes, descriptions and conventional social norms are screen-printed by hand onto white pillowcases and then given the pride of place on our beds. Here are some of the winning combinations: Mr/Mrs, Chick/Bloke, Pretty/Ugly, Love/Lust, Naughty/Nice, Yeah/Nah, Filthy/Clean. These pillowcases come in pairs so we can assume that sometimes they are usually used by two people sharing a bed. But here's the dilemma: which person sleeps on which pillowcase? Does the label choose the person or does the person choose the label? Or is it a fight over who gets which pillowcase? Who would want to sleep on the "Filthy" pillow, or the "Ugly" pillow, or the "Nah" pillow while the other person gets to gloat in all their prettiness, cleanness or yeahness? I ask Mike (Dusty) what his inspiration for the pillowcases is, and he replies "everyone is so PC [sic], we ...more

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Miranda Brown | Textile Designer - Auckland
Date added: 1 December 11 Sarah Backler | Ceramic Artist - Bay of Plenty
Date added: 15 November 11 F3 Design | Designer - Christchurch
Date added: 3 November 11 Gary Smith | Artist - Auckland
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