Here I am at the American Polish Century Club at the annual Wigilia, the traditional Polish Christmas feast. We had 11 dishes served at the dinner this year. Now I’m looking forward to our family Wigilia, where a couple of dozen members of my extended family will gather on Christmas Eve. Because of all the cooking and feasting and merry-making, I will take Christmas Day off from blogging for the first time since I started Your True Self Blog. So before I go celebrate, I want to send my gift to you: wishes for happy holidays!
During the holiday season, I have many community events and gatherings with friends and family. There are only a couple of special events that I need to dress up for. But even when I go out to meet up with friends, family or community groups, I enjoy wearing something festive at this time of year. Age doesn’t matter when you’ve got style! So here are some outfit ideas for you for casual holiday style.
I am offering the following ideas to inspire you to create your own special looks. Substitute what you have and/or what you love to make it your own. Express your true self and have fun!
‘Tis the season for holiday parties! It’s time to dress up and have a lot more fun than usual. Below, I have 9 outfit ideas to make you look beautiful at holiday parties of various sorts. There’s something for a cocktail party, an evening party, an office party, a party at home or at an informal restaurant, or even a party at the bar. Age doesn’t matter because you can apply these outfit ideas to your taste wherever you go.
Here Are 9 Outfits to Make You Look Beautiful at Holiday Parties:
A faux fur vest is a good piece to have for Fall and Winter. You can actually wear one any time of year and age doesn’t matter. It addsa layer of warmth over your clothes or over a jacket in winter, and can be used as an extra layer under your coat. When you add a coat over a fur vest, you will be super warm on the coldest days of the year. Just be sure it’s not bulky! It’s so versatile that I’ve come up with over 100 ways to look terrific in a faux fur vest.
The fur vest dresses up any outfit in the same way that a statement necklace does. You can always use an accessory that dresses up your ordinary clothes, especially something nice and warm! It makes a basic outfit feel lush!A fur vest can dress up a simple t-shirt with jeans. It makes a plain button-down look suddenly luxe. You can even just throw it on over sweatpants to go out the door on the spur of the moment, adding warmth while looking good too!
Use these outfit ideas to make your life easier. With all of the outfit combinations below, you’ll get maximum use of a fur vest without hardly having to think!
~All references to fur are recommended to be faux in order to be kind to animals.~
Do you sometimes wonder how you can feel cool yet look classy when it’s hot? I found the answer long ago in the book: Hot Tips: 1000 Fashion and Beauty Tricks by Frances Patiky Stein. In the “Summer Tricks” section of the book, she tells how to make an instant summer suit. I’ve used this outfit idea dozens of times when I was working and it kept me cool while being office-appropriate. Although this won’t work for a very conservative corporate environment where an actual suit is required, it’s useful in many other ways. You can put together your own suit from cool separates where the dress codes is not so strict as well as for business evenings, business travel, city day meetings and events and even business in country settings. Age doesn’t matter at all!
First I’ll give you the trick as presented by Stein in her book. Then I’ll tell you how I used it myself and how this outfit combination can be adapted to different occasions. This post is an installment in my Style Tips category.
Timeless fashion advice that is still helpful to this day!
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