Dressing for the Holiday / Christmas party season

[*martini*time*]

Thank you Inky! That would for sure be a more simple route! Here is the dress I always wish to make:

The short version. I envision it with a black velvet bodice and Christmas plaid taffeta skirt. *sigh*

oooh...That would be amazing...

 

[Kitty_Sheridan]

I'd like this, there's something very festive about Tartan! So I'm ordering this. I know I'll get loads of wear out of it.

Amy Jeanne, where in the UK? I'm near York if you want a tour guide!

 

[C-dot]

I always go RED. I love being the woman in the red dress. I always go for an understated dress then fashion it up with some accessories.

Me too! Red is my favourite colour anyway, and Christmas my favourite season. I have a red cashmere sweater dripping with sequins, and a silk-wool sweater with a fluffy red collar. I like to do my makeup in frosty tones, too

This year I suppose I'll wear my slinky $15.00 satin number:

Probably with black stockings, definitely with a white wool bolero. Brr.

 

[*martini*time*]

Ooh...15 bucks?! What a steal...i can tell you mine was FAAAR more then that! You'll look great! Red it what the confident wear (or so i've been told )

 

[miss_smith]

Like usual, I don't have any parties/events to attend to, ever lol

I usually don't either...so host one! As soon as I move out I'm having both tea parties and fancy dress dinners.

 

[kamikat]

Count me in with the ladies with no place to go. For years, my husband worked at places that held black tie holiday parties, but this company is so small there is no party. For years, we have hosted a New Year's Eve party, but we're still recovering from his lay-off from last year. I suppose I could make something nice to wear to the family dinner, but as long as I'm not wearing an ugly Christmas sweater, I'm a step up from the rest of the family.

 

[C-dot]

Ooh...15 bucks?! What a steal...i can tell you mine was FAAAR more then that! You'll look great! Red it what the confident wear (or so i've been told )

Doesn't matter, Your dress is smokin' hot! When you wear it, you'd better get pictures, or I'll come over there and take some myself

I wouldn't have a party to go to either if it weren't for the Lorne Scots annual Support the Troops Holiday dinner! Luckily it wasn't cut with the $80 million from the CDN Forces budget, cause it runs out of the armoury. The liquor sales in the mess hall will more than cover the costs for that night lol

Family is always casual. The tradition since I can remember is to pile over to one of my uncle's houses on Christmas Eve and feast on Chinese take out. Christmas day is spent in pajamas.

PS. Kitty_Sheridan, I love that tartan dress!

 

[Viola]

I have my eye out for a tartan shirt dress just because I am enamoured of plaid, but I want to wear it for day to someplace really glamorous... like work. I may end up with just a plaid pencil skirt I can wear with various blouses, I haven't decided. Just a fun, cute winter style.

I have no party to go to, but I do as of tonight newly have custody of a cute eggplant purple velvet dress my sister wanted to find a good home for. THAT I don't believe I can wear to the office. Drat. It is quite cute.

 

[Medvssa]

I usually don't either...so host one! As soon as I move out I'm having both tea parties and fancy dress dinners.

I really wouldn't know who to invite... I've been in this country for only a few years [huh] and the people I know either have other commitments or raise an eyebrow when I "dress up". Actually, scratch "either" and "or" and replace with "all" and "and" lol

 

[Medvssa]

Drool!

 

[Kitty_Sheridan]

Thanks C-Dot, the dress by the way is from UK designer Barbara Brown.

http://www.bigbeautifulbarbarabrown.com/id1.html

 

[Mirinda]

I love tartan fabric - Kitty_Sheridan, that dress is so beautiful!

Unfortunately I don't have plans for any big gatherings this year. Christmas will be spent just with my parents and sister (my extended Spanish family is really loud and my boyfriend doesn't speak much Spanish ) and New Year's Eve will be in London- very intimate and small because of my baby niece.

fftopic: ( Next year I have to attend 2 weddings and 1 christening, all in London, so I hope you ladies can help me with ideas for that in a few months' time! )

 

[miss_smith]

I really wouldn't know who to invite... I've been in this country for only a few years [huh] and the people I know either have other commitments or raise an eyebrow when I "dress up". Actually, scratch "either" and "or" and replace with "all" and "and" lol

Dress up for yourself? That is a hard one though. Not much motivation.

 

[Foofoogal]

I also think Christmas when I see Tartan. That is such a cute dress. Velvet also means Christmas to me.
http://sandysfancypants.com

 

[Medvssa]

Dress up for yourself? That is a hard one though. Not much motivation.

Oh yes I try to do that always of course not party clothes but I like to dress up for the day it actually helps with general motivation, I find.

 

[LaMedicine]

Kimono Chirstmas/New Year items

Lovely dresses, ladies :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

I have a number of kimono Christmas and New Year theme items.
Obi-dome, sash brooch.

Two Christmas theme obi. They are hand illustrated and dyed.
Back

Front

Obi-age, bustle tied around the top of the obi to hide the string from the pillow in the back to hold the back up. Also hand illustrated and dyed.
The brown one is for Christmas, the cream colored one for New Year.

Jyuban and han-eri, under kimono and *half* collar to protect the collar of the kimono from coming into direct contact with the neck, also serving as an accent around the neck. The han-eri shown here are also hand illustrated and dyed. The prints on the body of the jyuban are stencil dyes.
With Christmas han-eri. The jyuban prints are caricaturized kanji (Chinese character letters) to give moralistic meanings to the letters in addition to the original meaning. For instance, the letter 心 kokoro (heart) is circular, meaning, have a *round* heart, a loving and forgiving heart.

With New Year theme han-eri. The Daruma dolls are for good luck. The jyuban print are traditional toys of the animals that belong in the Eto, the Chinese zoology.

 

[LaMedicine]

Last year's Christmas combination.

For the Christmas event at my workplace.

At the Christmas party of a cozy Jazz piano bar in Tokyo.

Closeup of the neckline.

 

[Foofoogal]

Devine. How fabulous. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[The Shirt]

La Medicine
You are simply exquisite. How charming are those pieces. I especially love the snowflake obi.

My holidays will be different this year. Some won't be able to join due the the economy. I have a deep desire to spend it with my SO but his family is 600 miles from mine. I have a new stepfather and his extended family. I don't know how it will all work out. Everyone holds their breath to see what concoction I will be wearing every year because I am WAY overdressed. Generally I have a work party that is quite fancy and I refuse to only wear something once. So I take the frock home and wear it for Christmas eve as well with the family while they all wear expandable pants.

I'm thinking it may be a good year to make a nice tartan plaid circle skirt. Kitty - I adore that dress - just perfect! C-dot - you're dreamy. Who am I missing?!

 

[*martini*time*]

C-dot:Don't worry, there will be lots of pictures...I have to do a size comparison about my girdle on my blog so the pics will be on there. I'll let you know. But of course there will be a picture of me and grant lookin' all snazzed up.