The festive period is filled with celebrations. The season kicks off with events like the office Christmas party and Christmas Eve socialising, builds to Christmas Day and then crescendos with New Year’s Eve. In other words, New Year’s Day is the mother of all hangovers (metaphorically and not so). For most, it’s the last day before work and a return to reality after a couple of weeks joyfully socialising and saying yes to second helpings and one more mince pie.
If you’re feeling a little worse for wear or just not quite ready to accept your usual year-round wardrobe and want to instead, continue to favour comfort and cosiness, this edit of essentials is the perfect tonic to the night before.
The festive period is filled with celebrations. The season kicks off with events like the office Christmas party and Christmas Eve socializing, builds to Christmas Day and then crescendos with New Year’s Eve. In other words, New Year’s Day is the mother of all hangovers (metaphorically and not so). For most, it’s the last day before work and a return to reality after a couple of weeks joyfully socializing and saying yes to second helpings and one more mince pie.
If you’re feeling a little worse for wear or just not quite ready to accept your usual year-round wardrobe and want to instead, continue to favour comfort and cosiness, this edit of essentials is the perfect tonic to the night before.
COMFORTABLE DRESSES
Luxurious softness that accommodates warming base layers. These dresses play just as integral roles in cold-weather looks as insulating sweaters and have the same easy fit and comfort as your loungewear favorites.
Readying your closet for your return to work while indulging your last-day-of-the-holiday impulses, our Textured Ponte Batwing Sleeve Midi Dress is topped with a high neckline framed by long batwing sleeves. Emphasise your waist by cinching it in with belt and team it with our Knee High Stretch Leather Boot when you’re stepping outside. In the same smart-yet-soft fabric, our Ponte Necktie Maxi Dress features a fitted necktie that can be secured in different ways to create your choice of finish while keeping you comfortable when you’re finding your spot on the sofa.
LUXURIOUSLY SOFT LOUNGEWEAR SETS
The easiest solution to beating post-Christmas and New Year blues: a final watch of your favorite festive movie, a feast of leftovers, a random array of chocolate gift boxes, and a luxuriously soft matching set that add a sense of occasion to Christmas loungewear.
Featuring a striking monochrome jacquard, this matching set’s texture ponte tailoring fabric offers all the comfort of stretch jersey without any of the embarrassment should unexpected visitors stop by that you’d have had to endure should you have greeted them in your pajamas.
REINVENTED SPORTS-LUXE STAPLES
Comfy loungewear that doesn’t inspire any judging glances from partners, parents, or offspring. With AM-PM versatility, our sports-luxe styles elevate loungewear to new heights and don’t make you choose between comfort suited to a day at home and a polished finish for outdoor socializing.
One of the first styles to fill our collections, the humble Palazzo Pant is a ME+EM staple that we’ve had plenty of time to tweak and perfect. Updated in stretch denim with good shape retention and a soft hand feel, our Palazzo Travel Jean has a smart finish with just as much appeal outside the house as it does when you’re not moving from the sofa. Transforming a familiar staple into a luxe closet essential, our Tapered Sweatshirting Track Pant elevates the athleisure classic with a recycled organic cotton-blend jersey in either gray or black. With adjustable zipped hems, they complement your snuggliest slippers left undone when you’re at home and neatly tuck into chunky ankle boots when you’re braving the cold.
COSY KNITS
If a cozy sensation was to be summarised by any single word, knitwear would be it. In everything from high to V-neck silhouettes, relaxed and more fitted cuts, luxuriously soft yarns and a spectrum of designs, our sweaters and hoodies are the coziest of companions on days when comfort takes precedence.
A relaxed cut with extra-long sleeves that can be turned up to accommodate different arm lengths, our Ultra-Soft Lofty Cashmere Cropped Sweater is roomy enough to layer over an insulating roll-neck knit if you’re in need of extra warmth. If your plans involve little more than moving between the couch and the kitchen, team with our aforementioned palazzo pants or our Fine Cord Subtle Flare Pant.
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DUVET-LIKE COATS
Parting with your duvet in the morning is such sweet sorrow, but at one point or another, the time will come to greet the 1st day of 2024 bleary or bright-eyed. When it does, turn to cozy outerwear with duvet-like softness.
Our Luxe Shearling Coat is crafted from irresistibly soft shearling that can be sported either on the outside or as an insulating, cocoon-like lining. Shaped to an oversized fit, it wraps you up, keeps out the cold, and locks in heat should you need to leave home comforts behind for a day before life resumes as normal once again.