topic Re: qvc designer 'table topIdressing'??? in Fashion

qvc designer 'table top dressing'???

alohakz — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 23:21:25 GMT

i heard susan graver use the term 'table drop dressing' today on one of her presentations....i thought another qvc designer (maybe george simonton or louis d'ollio)

was the one who 'coined' that term...anybody remember who originally said it?

Re: qvc designer 'table topIdressing'???

kaydee50 — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 23:31:52 GMT

I remember Simonton using that phrase frequently.

Re: qvc designer 'table topIdressing'???

Kachina624 — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 23:50:26 GMT

Its "table TOP dressing". What you see when you're sitting at a table. Who knows where it originated? Probably not with anyone at QVC.

Re: qvc designer 'table topIdressing'???

chessylady — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 23:54:28 GMT

This is what news anchors often do. They sit behind a desk, wear a nice blouse and jacket but may be wearing jeans and tennies from the waist down.

Re: qvc designer 'table top dressing'???

fleetwood — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 23:55:00 GMT

First designer that I heard use that phrase on QVC was Bob Mackie. This was many years ago.

Re: qvc designer 'table topIdressing'???

alohakz — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 23:58:21 GMT

i put table top dressing in the title...'drop' auto-corrected in message...anyway...if there's any non-rude person who remembers which qvc designer was the first to use the term(Not susan graver)...not sure if it was george s or bob mackie...thanks(to the kind responders)

Re: qvc designer 'table topIdressing'???

alohakz — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 23:59:25 GMT

thanks fleetwood

Re: qvc designer 'table topIdressing'???

SilleeMee — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:12:07 GMT

Vogue wrote about "'waist-up dressing". Said it was a thing started in the 1930's when newspapers would post articles about people with pictures showing them from the waist up. So it became important to look good from the waist up in the public eye.

Re: qvc designer 'table top dressing'???

Tinkrbl44 — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 01:47:57 GMT

@alohakz wrote:
i heard susan graver use the term 'table drop dressing' today on one of her presentations....i thought another qvc designer (maybe george simonton or louis d'ollio)
was the one who 'coined' that term...anybody remember who originally said it?

@alohakz

That term is probably close to 100 years old, coined before WW2.

It really doesn't matter which vendor at QVC said it first; they didn't invent the term.

Re: qvc designer 'table top dressing'???

ALRATIBA — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 02:08:35 GMT

I recall Simonton using that expression.

I’ve noticed over the years SG adopts expressions and styles that others have used. As she has stated over several occasions - she Graverizes them.

Re: qvc designer 'table top dressing'???

chrystaltree — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 02:21:38 GMT

It's a fashion term. Probably coined long before QVC. When going out for the evening, it's styling yourself to showcase what people will see when you are sitting at the table.

Re: qvc designer 'table top dressing'???

Danky2 — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 02:47:00 GMT

Ask @gertrudecloset.....She will know

Re: qvc designer 'table top dressing'???

gertrudecloset — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 02:48:38 GMT

@Danky2 wrote:
Ask @gertrudecloset.....She will know

Thanks for the shoutout @Danky2 . It is an old old term: Table Top dressing like others within have stated.

Re: qvc designer 'table top dressing'???

Goldengate8361 — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 10:47:00 GMT

It may be an old term, but it is very relevant today. I dress "table top style" every day as I work from home and and in virtual meetings every day (nice on top and pj bottoms or jogger pants on bottom with Birkenstocks).

Re: qvc designer 'table top dressing'???

faeriemoon — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 16:24:35 GMT

Last night during the jewelry finale Amy complimented Scott Grimes on his blazer. He mentioned she's only seeing the top of him. She then asked him if he was in his underwear. It was pretty funny, but probably in that "you had to be there" kind of way.