For those of you who plan on entertaining this Thanksgiving, why not take a page from eras gone by and dress to coordinate with your Thanksgiving table? I ran across the two images below in a book from 1956 titled, Coat's and Clark's Hostess Book. In true Betty Draper style, it was de riguer in the 1950s to coordinate one's outfit (which usually included an apron) to one's table linens.
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| Coat's and Clark's Hostess Book 1956 |
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| Coat's and Clark's Hostess Book, 1956 |
In the 1960s/1970s the hostess dress came into fashion. Usually it was a maxi dress that coordinated or matched one's table linens and sometimes even one's china. In the photo below, the lady's dress also matches the curtains in the room!
The image below is an advertisement for a paper hostess dress with matching paper table linens, plates, place mats, cups, and even wrapping paper.
Diane von Furstenberg may be trying to bring this trend back with her recently launched tableware collection.
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| Diane von Furstenberg 1970s |
Below, is a photo from the November 2010 issue of House Beautiful. It's Furstenberg's take on decorating a table for Thanksgiving. It uses pieces from her tableware collection which includes plates, glasses, place mats, coasters, trays, table linens, serving pieces and more. It would be so fab to host a Thanksgiving dinner in that room while wearing a coordinating DVF maxi wrap dress! Happy Thanksgiving!
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