Dressing Up Holiday Sweaters For A Party (While Still Being Comfortable)

This twelvemonth I person 2 non-kid vacation parties to spell to – similar with different IRL grownup women, successful stylish homes! I don’t deliberation I’ve needed to formal up successful thing beyond a vacation sweater since I lived successful LA, and I miss it (we big 2-3 vacation parties/potlucks, but they are each successful our location and with a ton of kids truthful much successful the “ugly sweaters and slippers” realm which is amusive successful its ain way). So yes, I get to formal up a bit, but I inactive request to beryllium comfy portion sitting, and I inactive unrecorded successful Portland (meaning, it’s inherently casual – nary body-con sequin dresses needed). So successful my effort to beryllium comfortable, casual, but cute successful a somewhat much cocktail attire way, I enactment unneurotic a fewer looks with “holiday-adjacent” clothes. Kaitlin wanted to sprout this with flash, similar I’m astatine a party, which sounded amusive to me, truthful you are astir to spot maine fake drinking ginger brew by myself mid-laughter…I made immoderate choices, folks!

Sweater | Skirt | Tights

This archetypal 1 was Brian’s favourite – I hadn’t heard this level of outfit enthusiasm successful a portion (probably due to the fact that I mostly deterioration sweatshirts and tube pants). It’s decidedly giving Martha successful the 80s with the preppy sweater and bows (with the tegument showing done the gaps). Then I paired it with a tiny pleated skirt that is truthful well-tailored successful a plaid that feels truly me. I accidental it’s my effort towards the “Ralph Lauren Christmas,” but successful a mode that fits my benignant more. I bought the skirt and tights from Aritzia and americium truly loving the burgundy with the green/blue plaid. I bought the shoes from a consignment store similar 10 years ago, truthful sadly, I can’t nexus them. Oh, and I’m wearing a ample successful the sweater (the lone size near astatine my section Target), which fits large arsenic it’s beauteous cropped.

Sweater | Skirt | Boots

This sweater is the softest of each of them, and I evidently similar that the bluish tin beryllium carried from autumn done winter. The just isle benignant of it gives “holiday,” for sure. But antheral is it comfortable, soft, and warm. 10/10. I paired it with a Sezane wool skirt and boots I’ve had for a fewer years (both inactive available). My interest present is if we person to region our shoes (which is emblematic successful Oregon homes). This outfit doesn’t enactment without the boots. Not definite what the existent “house party” protocol is for shoes on/off…my feelings are that if it’s a casual enactment with a ton of kids, fine… shoes disconnected – but if it’s immoderate benignant of adults-only dress-up party, shoes should beryllium allowed, right?

Sweater | Pants

Another “conservative up top, a spot scandalous connected the bottom” look. This cablegram knit puffed sleeve sweater has a truly bully chopped – it’s wider astatine the bottommost but inactive short, which is bully for the proportions (big puffed sleeves + agelong is conscionable excessively overmuch measurement for me). I’ve had the pants for a while, and they are questionable for definite – ace choky and flare-y astatine the bottom, truthful styling is cardinal present to not look ace cheesy.

I deliberation this outfit could usage a popular of burgundy – possibly a bow successful my hairsbreadth oregon shoes? But I felt bully successful it, the pants are splurgy (but are on merchantability close now!) and precise flattering.

Cape | Skirt | Tights

Here she is, ace sophisticated! A caller institution named Alice Walk reached retired to nonstop a fewer things with nary obligation. Usually, I decline, not wanting much worldly I mightiness not wear. But this cape is truthful beauteous that I wanted to spot it successful idiosyncratic – and it’s highly well-made and pretty. It comes successful a fewer coagulated colors arsenic well, but of course, I was drawn to this pattern. It’s decidedly splurgy (think Frank & Eileen vibes), but for idiosyncratic with an bureau occupation that wants to impress, I deliberation this is fantastic to deterioration astir a city.

This is my archetypal foray into the gaffe skirt (I cognize this inclination has been astir for a while, but this one stood retired to me). It’s a gorgeous bluish with achromatic lace, and with the tights underneath, showed nary bumps (this was my fearfulness with these silk/satin gaffe dresses -they tin amusement everything if not good made). I picked this up astatine Nordstrom, not realizing however costly it is, but I cognize I’ll deterioration it arsenic it’s casual to brace with sweaters for a pretty/sexy/sophisticated look.

Cardigan | Skirt | Tights

I was truthful comfy successful this outfit and felt pulled unneurotic successful a mode that I usually americium not. The cardigan (also from Alice Walk) is truthful pretty, soft, and well-made, with beauteous horn buttons. I truly liked this tonal look, with the burgundy tights giving it a spot of an edge.

Pearl Necklace | Gold Pendant Necklace

I deliberation for the party, I would apt adhd much layered jewelry, but this felt similar a coagulated vacation location enactment outfit that checks each the boxes portion being truthful comfortable.

Cardigan | Shirt (similar) | Leather Skirt | Tights

A fantastic burgundy cardigan that says holiday, without being agleam red. I added a popular of achromatic and achromatic stripes, leather, and sheer achromatic tights. BTW, I’m connected a hairsbreadth travel and trying not to get immoderate highlights (it’s been a afloat twelvemonth since I past did), truthful I’m doing conscionable basal touchups for now. I similar being little agleam blonde, but these photos are making maine privation to conscionable get a fewer pops of brighter blonde astir my face…

Sweater | Skirt | Tights | Belt | Boots

Another holiday adjacent sweater (fair isle) that is truthful comfy and casual to wear. I paired it with the J.Crew mini skirt, burgundy tights, and boots, but evidently truthful casual to formal down (leggings, denim, anything). I’m wearing an XS, truthful it’s beauteous oversized. But ace brushed and lightweight – truthful casual to furniture implicit oregon under.

Let maine cognize if you’d privation immoderate casual/comfortable NYE looks. We ever spell to a household location party, but I typically deterioration thing sparkly due to the fact that I’m other similar that (while inactive being comfy). xx

*Photos by Kaitlin Green