Amanda Mull

Women would come over and have hors d'oeuvres and maybe cocktails and chat and gossip.

Women would come over and have hors d'oeuvres and maybe cocktails and chat and gossip.

Tupperware parties sort of pioneered this concept of like women selling to women. It is a completely different selling experience to hear somebody say, oh, you've got to try these. They're so cute. They're so useful. I can order you a set if you're interested.

Tupperware parties sort of pioneered this concept of like women selling to women. It is a completely different selling experience to hear somebody say, oh, you've got to try these. They're so cute. They're so useful. I can order you a set if you're interested.

Tupperware parties sort of pioneered this concept of like women selling to women. It is a completely different selling experience to hear somebody say, oh, you've got to try these. They're so cute. They're so useful. I can order you a set if you're interested.

Humans love to take objects and imbue them with meaning. And sometimes it doesn't really matter what the object is. If it's in the right place at the right time, it can be an incredibly meaningful thing. And that is what you got with Tupperware. And I think it makes a lot of sense if you think about how Tupperware spread.

Humans love to take objects and imbue them with meaning. And sometimes it doesn't really matter what the object is. If it's in the right place at the right time, it can be an incredibly meaningful thing. And that is what you got with Tupperware. And I think it makes a lot of sense if you think about how Tupperware spread.

Humans love to take objects and imbue them with meaning. And sometimes it doesn't really matter what the object is. If it's in the right place at the right time, it can be an incredibly meaningful thing. And that is what you got with Tupperware. And I think it makes a lot of sense if you think about how Tupperware spread.

You couldn't just go into a store and if you had the money, you could buy it. You had to be invited to a Tupperware party. You had to have social ties to people who could get it for you. You had to have enough money to actually buy it.

You couldn't just go into a store and if you had the money, you could buy it. You had to be invited to a Tupperware party. You had to have social ties to people who could get it for you. You had to have enough money to actually buy it.

You couldn't just go into a store and if you had the money, you could buy it. You had to be invited to a Tupperware party. You had to have social ties to people who could get it for you. You had to have enough money to actually buy it.

And then when you had it, it was this indicator that you were up on the latest things and also that you were a fastidious and reasonable steward of your family's domestic life.

And then when you had it, it was this indicator that you were up on the latest things and also that you were a fastidious and reasonable steward of your family's domestic life.

And then when you had it, it was this indicator that you were up on the latest things and also that you were a fastidious and reasonable steward of your family's domestic life.

My mom still uses the cake keeper. And like, I don't know what else she would put a cake in. Like, it has to be the old Tupperware thing. And you can also tell what the big, like, aesthetic color palette of a particular decade was in America by what colors Tupperware came in during those years. You know, in the 60s, it was like pastels. It was very girly. It was very vintage.

My mom still uses the cake keeper. And like, I don't know what else she would put a cake in. Like, it has to be the old Tupperware thing. And you can also tell what the big, like, aesthetic color palette of a particular decade was in America by what colors Tupperware came in during those years. You know, in the 60s, it was like pastels. It was very girly. It was very vintage.

My mom still uses the cake keeper. And like, I don't know what else she would put a cake in. Like, it has to be the old Tupperware thing. And you can also tell what the big, like, aesthetic color palette of a particular decade was in America by what colors Tupperware came in during those years. You know, in the 60s, it was like pastels. It was very girly. It was very vintage.

feminine in 70s and 80s you get avocado green and citrus and orange and it's all very like warm and deep and um sort of looks like you've smoked around it for a long time and more more more delicious colors go to a party soon

feminine in 70s and 80s you get avocado green and citrus and orange and it's all very like warm and deep and um sort of looks like you've smoked around it for a long time and more more more delicious colors go to a party soon

feminine in 70s and 80s you get avocado green and citrus and orange and it's all very like warm and deep and um sort of looks like you've smoked around it for a long time and more more more delicious colors go to a party soon