The invitations keep coming in for the holiday parties, and as you step down off the ladder from adorning your flocked Christmas tree, mantles of ornament-clad garlands and decking the halls this December, don’t forget to put some fa-la-la-la-la into your wintry wardrobe. Forget decking the halls for a moment. When it comes to selecting a party ensemble to create a bit of magic, I suggest going with something that makes you feel confident and perhaps a look that is 90 percent you and ten percent something new.
Tis the season for baring a bit of glowing skin with one of the off-the-shoulder styles or having a sheer moment for an alluring dose of splendor all your own. Don’t wait for Santa to bring on the drama. Leather should be a staple in every modern woman’s closet, whether it’s trousers, boots or a little black dress.
It’s definitely the time of year when shades of red and green rule, but the game-changing shade of the holidays this year is full of cheer and will require you to think pink. From the lightest hues of blush and bashful to bold fuchsia, pink will turn heads at the soiree.
Oversized earrings — or as my mama called them, “ear bobs” — take center stage when worn alone and are guaranteed to evoke images of regality. Sometimes it’s good to give your necklace a vacation.
So, take some of the tips I have shared straight from the stylish elves at the North Pole and, naughty or nice, it’s the best way to rev up any holiday look and have party guests lifting their wine glasses, champagne flutes or eggnog to toast you in 2014, beautifully, of course.
After all, it was famed jeweler Harry Winston who said, “People will stare. Make it worth their while.”
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