The Chic List All I need for Christmas… is these - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Fashion The Chic List All I need for Christmas… is these By You Magazine - December 12, 2021 Fashion columnist and influencer Joanne Hegarty on the wardrobe staples that get her through the festive season. Fashion is a fantastic box of paints to colour our lives with. Whether you stay inside or outside the box, the creative possibilities are endless. And never more so than at wonderful, frenetic Christmas time. Imagine a festive season without its fashion rituals: the sequined parties where most of us will drink too much or Boxing Day walks wrapped up in cashmere to blow away all the cobwebs. Wearing a favourite party dress by Mother of Pearl from my Christmas past collection. Boots, & Other Stories I think of these special days as a giant canvas to colour with favourite wardrobe pieces– and I have five in particular I rely on every year… The party dress I love the thrill of the chase with this one. I always try to hunt down something special (apart from last year because there was absolutely nowhere to go) to see me through all the Christmas and New Year celebrations. Choose your dress with great care because, if you get it right, it will become a key part of your partywear armoury to be dipped into for special occasions. This year, I stumbled upon a maxi dress by Christopher Kane on the preloved site vestiairecollective.com for a smidgen of the original price. As I write, I’m eagerly awaiting its arrival. Of course, you never fully know with online purchases until they arrive, but I’m really hoping that when it gets here, it’s going to be The One. Yes, it’s a gamble but what’s life without a roll of the dice! READ MORE: The best Christmas party dresses Statement earrings I’m not a massive earring wearer during the year, but come December, I can’t wait to pop them on to dress up an outfit. They offer a terrific contrast, too, with hair up and a casual knit heading out for a warm Christmas coffee. The cashmere knit To me, it feels as if Christmas was made for cashmere. There’s nothing more snug to cosy up in when the big day is suddenly all over and we are wondering where the time went. This is why The White Company’s twinkling Christmas brochure is so successful – it wraps everything up in cashmere and gorgeous baubles. The puffer coat There’s a time and a place for everything. Come Boxing Day, I’m reaching for my puffer jacket, which I’ll hibernate in for the rest of the winter. Nothing feels more right than walking around in your duvet in dark January, dreaming about the first buds of spring. The brand new diary I look forward to buying mine every year. My favourites are the leather ones from Smythson. It’s thrilling– and terrifying – flicking through the blank pages wondering what life will have in store for us. Dance the night away in this velvet number. Dress, £157.50, Karen Millen I love everything about this puffer. Coat, £89.99, mango.com Just the knit to snuggle up in on Boxing Day. Jumper, £145, raefeather.com Meet your perfect party bling. Earrings, £90, Roxanne Assoulin, net-a-porter.com Get ready to pen a fresh start… Diary, £235, smythson.com/uk Follow me on Instagram @thestylistandthewardrobe RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Rochelle Humes has launched a gorgeous new edit with Next Shop the YOU Magazine Instagram YOU picks the best new-in buys from M& S Popular in Fashion Laura Jackson has teamed up with Next for the chicest knitwear January 22, 2020 Holly Willoughby’ s birthday dress is another Zara bargain February 10, 2020 The Instagram-famous & Other Stories wool blazer is back in stock August 31, 2022 Lorraine just wore Emma Willis’ Next collection from head to toe March 17, 2020 The prettiest spring dresses under £100 March 1, 2022 Everyone is buying Holly’ s gorgeous gingham Oasis dress May 14, 2020 13 bargain dresses to buy in ASOS’ s extra 20 per cent June 10, 2020 This £20 H& M dress is set to be the social media June 26, 2020 Stacey Solomon x Primark is back for a third collection with July 20, 2020 Searches for this perfect heatwave summer top style are up 5000% August 10, 2020 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved