With Christmas just around the corner, ‘tis certainly time to get jolly and to do so in style.
This is the time of year when you start getting invited to lots of events; everything from picnics and barbeques, cocktail parties, to end of year celebrations and of course, the work Christmas party.
There’s nothing like a work function to bring out everyone’s real personality.
You spend all year with these people that you work with and you get to know their look, but suddenly you’re at the Christmas party and everyone is unrecognisable.
Your boss is wearing a t-shirt that exposes his tattoos and the mild mannered receptionist turns out to be anything but.
For some reason people think that Christmas parties give you free reign to pretty much do and say all the things you’ve been keeping bottled up for the entire year – corporate funded booze certainly gets tongues wagging.
While I can’t offer any sage advice on keeping you’re trap shut at the annual Christmas party, I can give you some tips that will ensure you look frocking fabulous while you’re regaling the CEO’s wife with tales of her husband pinching you’re arse…
Dress for your age and your body.
It’s pretty standard advice, but it’s astounding how many people get it wrong.
The annual corporate piss-up is not the place to wear your brand new skin-tight white tube dress, nor is it the occasion to try out your new ‘Twilight’ inspired vampire look.
You want attention for looking good, not wrong. Pick a style that flatters your shape and a colour that suits your skin tone.
Don’t go to extremes.
While accessories are big this year, that doesn’t mean you should wear all your jewellery at once.
Nor should you wear your shortest or lowest-cut dress, ditto for the stripper heels – save all this for the weekend.
This is an office party, it’s really just an extension of work, so if you wouldn’t wear it during the week, don’t wear it now.
Don’t be too casual.
It’s the end of the year, so do make an effort. I think it’s worse to be underdressed rather than too formal.
You don’t want to be the person in jeans and a t-shirt when everyone else is frocked up to the max. See the next tip for a perfect look.
Get back to basics.
A simple black summer dress, a cute three-quarter sleeved blazer, a pair of glam sandals and some hot accessories are pretty much all you need to get you through the Christmas party season.
It’s a look that works well from day through to night.
Steer clear of Christmas themed apparel.
There’s always some fool at a party who wears the same thing every year, you know the person who wears a novelty Rudolf Christmas tie or t-shirt or worse, some kind of hideous Christmas accessory like a flashing brooch or something – and to make it worse, they actually think it’s funny.
I mean really, is there anything more depressing or daggy?
Why are stores even selling Christmas novelty wear – it should be banned.
It’s a definite fashion crime and deserves some serious punishment.