Ivanka Trump! Is there no start to her talents? That’s what some were left wondering on Saturday when her brand’s Twitter account posted a nightmarish Thanksgiving decoration suggestion.
The centerpiece for the table, it suggested, was half a giant clam shell, stuffed with driftwood, moss, tangles of weeds, unwanted pine cones, dried milkweed and what appeared to be zombified albino pumpkins.
Interior designer Allison Domonoske, who wrote an article on the… unique decoration for Ivanka’s blog, described the ‘overall look’ as ‘classic and classy.’
Twitter, to put it mildly, disagreed.
Shell to pay: A suggestion from Ivanka Trump’s brand’s Twitter account that people put a giant clam shell stuffed with driftwood and pallid pumpkins on their table for Thanksgiving led to an onslaught of mockery online
Trashed: Many users felt that the items in the shell – which included driftwood, moss and pine cones found on the ground- looked more like garbage than decorations, such as this user
It’s bin done: This user suggested a less chaotic option – putting the ‘garbage’ inside a bin, then putting the bin in the shell – than the one on Ivanka’s account
Feeling Peaky: A scene of characters from Twin Peaks finding Laura Palmer’s body was transformed into a grim hint at what might be in the next Thanksgiving hsell
A capital idea: This user went full-caps for their excited announcement that Ivanka Trump had become ‘the garbage god’ thanks to her brand’s fascinating use of bits of dead things found lying on beaches
Spaced out: The design was as if Martha Stewart had downed ayahuasca, a psychedelic used by tribesmen in the Amazon for their religious journeys
Do it yourself: This user made their own attempt – and may have somehow made it look classier than the original – empty bourbon bottle in the back notwithstanding
Just regular people: The notion that people might have giant clam shells, obscure pale pumpkins or $75 Waterford wine glasses to hand led to many people mocking the billionaire heiress for being out of touch
It’s in vogue now: This user suggested a meal to go along with the decoration, with this gruesome photo of an Alien-like crab-turkey-squid-bacon monstrosity
Grand designs? This user joked that if only the Trumps could get more gay men on their payroll this wouldn’t happen. Many of New York’s prominent fashion figures, such as Marc Jacobs, were ardent Hillary Clinton supporters during the election
Thanksgiving but no thanks: This user took a pop at Ivanka’s dad, suggesting that he was a ‘turkey’ fit for Thanksgiving – and as horrific as the clam decoration
Dungeons and draggings: The Ivanka Trump brand was compared to Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘goop’ label of expensive herbal lotions and crystal eggs – but a ‘chaotic evil’ version, in the parlance of the Dungeons & Dragons games
Classy business: The much-mocked picture of Steve Mnuchin and his expensive-fashion-clad wife holding up freshly printed money got another airing, this time as a suggestion for a tablecloth
In Russia, table sets you: The Trump campaign members’ ties to Russia were brought up, of course, with this photo of a ‘simple Russian table setting’
Park it: Twitter user Alyssia Letters was not impressed with the tabletop decoration, rolling out this Parks & Recreation gif to explain exactly what she thought of it
All white on the night: Twitter users Nicole Chung ribbed Ivanka for what she saw as her inescapable whiteness – right down to those pallid pumpkins
Tack in action: Twitter user Madison deployed a gif from comedy movie School of Rock to fully express just how tacky she thought it was – and how much she ‘hates’ Ivanka