Fashion expert offers tips on how to embrace the festive season with chic and sophisticated style without resorting to excessive sparkle and sequins.
WALK into any clothes shop at this time of year and you’ll feel like you’ve stepped into an explosion in the Strictly dressing room. Take a stroll down any high street — if you can manage to avoid the crazed customers still on the hunt for their perfect party outfit. And if you dare to enter, you’ll be met with the retina-burning glare from sequins, itch-inducing tinsel fabric and other jewel-encrusted horrors.
In fact, if you go into any shop that sells clothing, you’ll struggle NOT to exit looking like a festive bauble. Unlike all other trends that hit the high street, this festive phenomenon doesn’t come from the catwalk.Glitter-free zonesVelvet feels and looks expensive, decadent and luxurious, not to mention Christmassy.Once you’ve waded through the high street’s sparkly offerings, you should be able to find velvet — so snap it up. It was a sell-out and the co-ord (blazer, £75, and trousers, £45) proved so popular they have re-released it, in black and green. If velvet makes your teeth itch — and it does for some — then there’s another sumptuous fabric that does the luxury-looking trick, and that’s satin.Whether you opt for Beckhamesque icy shades or go for rich hues like brown or burgundy, satin feels opulent, without the effort.If you’re thinking of ditching the glitz, check out the ultra-flattering ‘Carly’ frock from the Fabulous Fuller Bust clothing range.But she gave it a festive spin by attaching a large bow hair clip to the collar that cost just £20 from Jigsaw.You won’t be wearing your party outfit for the rest of 2025 and by the time Christmas comes around again, you’ll likely be after a new spangly creatio
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