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A QUICK GLANCE AT SOCIAL MEDIA will confirm that tablescaping, the art of setting a decorative table using elaborate dinnerware, glassware, napkins, candles, fruit and flowers, is more wildly popular than ever. Luxury houses more known for high fashion, including Dior, Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana all have ever-increasing offerings of haute tableware and napery, while Instagram tabletop inspiration can be found everywhere, whether it’s the classicism of Aerin Lauder (@aerin) or India Hicks (@indiahicksstyle), the sumptuousness of Cabana Magazine (@cabanamagazine), or the whimsy of Alice Naylor-Leyland (@mrsalice). “I think the interest in setting a beautiful table really escalated during the Covid lockdowns,” says Victoria Collison, a former fashion stylist who now sells curated dinnerware and table linens from around the world at her Paddington, NSW, store. “People…