What was the fascination with Pierrot in the 80s?

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I remember thus being on everything, there was bedding, wallpaper, note books, clothing, bags. Why was it so popular?? Where did it come from? Was there something on TV?

I don’t think there was anything on TV - just lots of products in the shops. My friend had Pierrot everything - duvet cover, curtains, lightshade, stickers, writing paper, music box etc - this was in about 1981.

You just reminded me of my friend's bedroom! I can see the bedstead, the picture on the wall and a wee figurine she had!

I might have been that friend!!

I had it all

Oh god, if you find out, please tell me. I had the duvet cover, pomander (where are they now??), pyjama case (ditto), curtains, ornaments, nightshirt.. probably more, I can't remember. I think most of it had been carefully selected by me from my mum's catalogue, that huge heavy slab of printed paper that I spent hours poring over and making helpful lists for my poor parents from it.
That pale, mournful, asexual face will most likely haunt me forever.

What I DO remember is that it was all in my mums 'catalogue'

So she got it all and paid it off weekly like many did back then. Might be why it was so popular

I think it was a bit of the manufacturers deciding for us what we were going to want to buy. So if everything had Pierrot on it - everything you bought had Pierrot on it. On the grounds presumably that the manufacturers 'know' what we want and will give us that and nothing else.

The catalogues I remember from them days were.....Marshall ward, Burlington and Littlewoods

Then Avon got involved

And then market stalls caught on too

@HeyTalkToMeGoose We had two - I am sure one was Peter Craig, but I can't remember what the other was.

Aha! Kays. Thank you, Google

Ah this might be why we didn't have any of it. My mum absolutely refused to use catalogues (anything on "credit") Lots of friends had it. We might have had a figurine as a present t from my nan.

There were very limited choices pre Internet 😄

Pierrot was creepy! I remember having a lot of Holly Hobbie stuff - stationery, mostly - but no idea who she was supposed to be or where it came from.

Where did Anne geodes come from and snatch? The dog? I'd forgotten the clown.

Anne geddes is a photographer then she got into calenders then the creepy babies emerged my Dd loved them and she had a few of the baby dolls.

Where did Snatch the dog come from? I've still got both my Snatch duvet cover sets in the cupboard as spares. I remember choosing them from my grandmother's catalogue!

Also, what were the littke ornaments, I'm sure they wee a little boy abd girl elephant? And maybe little grey bears?

Now I'm wondering where my Pierrot doll went.

It's fashion, like Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady (I've still got the curtains from my 80s bedroom), or a few years ago everything had owls on it, then llamas and unicorns. I would really like to know who is sitting in a room deciding this stuff though.

I had the elephants In fact I think I still have them somewhere. The peridot clown seemed to come from nowhere then every girl had something who needs the Internet for a trend to get round 😂

@Mrsjayy I remember an ornament of the elephants in bed with their trunks entwined!

I’ve still got a Pierrot ashtray from 1983.

Marcel Marceau. Influenced Michael Jackson and his moonwalk - he was all over the place...and then so was Pierrot. It was everywhere, including Steve Strange in David Bowie videos. It was definitely a look.

Anyone remember the wee furry gorillas? They had grasping feet and hands and were pencil toppers, keyrings etc depending on size.

Also novelty pencils and rubbers in a gazillion shapes and scents.

But the absolute most wanted item from the pierot/sticker/pot pouri/cheap jewelery shop in our town was a lifesize ice cream sundae candle with a cherry on top. I don't think any of my friends ever got one - beyond paper round prices.

Don’t forget the man and baby posters from Athena!

And the tennis woman scratching her arse.

Oh 😂