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Best of the Home and Housewares Show: Fred & Friends

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Wallflowers metal clothes hooks

Fred & Friends makes well-designed "gifty" items, with a focus on housewares. They are based in Rhode Island and work with designers worldwide to bring amusing products to the masses.

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Cool Jewels ice cube tray

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Coat Check stainless steel hanger

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Here coat rack by Richard Shed

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Twist and Spout converts water or soda bottles into ergonomic pourers

For more info, visit Worldwide Fred. To purchase some Fred designs, here is a list ofonline and in person shops.

Comments (2)

The ad with the bra & Victorian art is great, a winner both for its strong graphic appeal & for its humor, but once you take away the knowing smile, the actual item is no different than what you'd see in a Lillian Vernon catalog, circa 197O. Come to think of it, these things WERE in that catalog, because I bought a set for my grandmother, whose decorating theme in her bathroom was "Non-slip Bathtub Stick-ons".

Anyway, you can pick up cutesy stuff like this at my neighborhood Goodwill any day for less than a buck, & I can't see that the implied wink adds any value, although I'm sure it ups the price.

Anyway, you can still pick up this kind cutesy stuff for a buck any day at my neighborhood Goodwill, and I can't see that the implied wink in the marketing adds any value, although I'm sure it ups the price.

posted by magnaverde on 2007-03-21 16:18:28

that first shot reminds me of the "itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini" ad that Yoplait has been running for about 10 years.

posted by jennie on 2007-03-21 17:02:49
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