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Of course the royal wedding is marketable, but who knew it could be packaged as a sick bag?
The royal wedding on a sick bag? Is this peak late stage capitalism, you ask? Well, don’t worry. This beautiful creation has a pointed purpose, for you see, it is:
Yes, this is an art piece created by Lydia Leith. And yeah, it may be a little obvious. But sometimes simplicity is sometimes the best way of getting the message across.
This item was sold in Baltic Shop, with the description: ‘Another Duke to Make You Puke’.
I’ll take it Lydia’s not a royalist then.
From the store’s website:
Ah, it only seems like seven short years ago that Kate & William tied the knot and now, about twelve kids later, the Royal family are gearing up for another significant wedding occasion.
Any sincerity ends there, as it continues:
Wills’ wilder little bro, Harry, has found his true love in the form of an American actress (of all things!), Meghan Markle, and there’s due to be a big wedding bash on the 19th May. Which is good for them, all the best and all that but we, the people, better gird our loins for the next few weeks to be a frenzy of wedding related news, social media and full on Royalfest constant feed of information.
Luckily artist Lydia Leith has provided just the thing for when it all gets too much – a sick bag! And what a beautiful sick bag it is, featuring a picture of the happy couple and a date to commemorate the special day.
It may not be the most serious art piece out there. But as a light, comedic piece it’s certainly cleverly marketed to benefit from royal wedding fatigue.
The product itself cost £3.99. It gave me a chuckle, but I don’t know if it was £3.99 chuckle worthy. Plus, it seems they’re not being sold anymore. So it was a pretty limited window of time in which to buy it.
Still, I think anyone who isn’t the biggest fan of the monarchy can at the very least appreciate the sentiment.
For more laughs, check out this video about sometimes silly male fashion trends.
