Mrs Odette Mot - Hostess Manager Expo 58

Imagine it is 1958, you are an experienced woman with a great sense of responsibility, the prestigious World Expo in Brussels is just around the corner and Belgium wants to show its best side. A call is launched for 280 young bilingual women to be recruited as hostesses. How do you manage such a large team for such a big event? Madame Mot has the real answer. From establishing the etiquette school in preparation, the daily briefings during the Expo to the iconic status that the hostesses still wear today, Madame Mot shares with us what went on behind the scenes as head of the hostesses in 1958.