WHAT TO WEAR WHEN YOU’RE HOSTING AT HOME
While it is the most wonderful time of the year, it's no secret that the festive season has its busy moments. One thing we can help you tick off your list is offering outfit solutions for every occasion when it comes to at-home hosting. With that sorted, you can get on with the small tasks of everything else: planning canapés, mixing cocktails, setting the table...and so on.
CHRISTMAS EVE CANAPÉS
Hosting friends and family the night before the main event is enough pressure, so make easy work of outfit choice with one of our flattering dresses.
The clean monochrome palette of this Collared Stripe Knit Maxi Dress is a slight breakaway from an all-black look, with the added benefit of intelligently designed cream stripes that highlight the fitted waist and the flared cut of the skirt for a flattering effect. The customisable neckline features a gold-tone abstract-shaped zip pull perfect for co-ordinating with statement jewelery.
When is there a better time to embrace bold, jewel-tone shades than the festive period? Made from matte silk, our puff-sleeve maxi dress is a colorful statement in Orchid Green. Ruching across the bodice creates a figure-skimming fit, before finishing with a semi-sheer organza skirt trim.
A change from traditional festive red, this long-sleeved maxi dress is rendered in one of our key winter shades: Bitter Orange. It’s made from fluid matte crepe with satin trims around the high neck, waist and cuffs for an elevated edge. Shirred panels at the cuffs means that voluminous sleeves are kept out the way during cocktail making and canape prep.
NEW YEARS COCKTAIL HOUR
Shaken or stirred? Espresso martini or champagne? Whatever you’re enjoying to bring in the new year we’ve got dresses + jumpsuits to make sure you look good doing it.
We’ve released one of our hero silhouettes in clean back just in time for event season. Minimal in shape yet impactful in effect, this Textured Jumpsuit has a fitted bodice with a collared neckline and cap sleeves, before descending to a nipped-in waist and wide-cut legs. The Italian cotton fabric has a tweed-like texture and fringe trims for a textural edge, then features a zip neckline for a customisable amount of coverage.
Our fresh take on the LBD, this short dress is designed to look like a top and a skirt in one piece. The sheer lace sleeves are trimmed with crepe cuffs in the same material as the skirt, while the cream frilled bib across the front puts a feminine spin on classic tailoring codes. Complement the crystal-embellished buttons with sparkling accessories.
This Botanical Lace Maxi Dress spotlights the perfect combination - gable green and ornate lace - for ringing in the New Year in style. The sleeves are gathered for soft volume and ruching down the front creates a fitted bodice, before falling to a long skirt. Best of all, the fabric is infused with stretch for a comfortable fit and feel.
SPILL-PROOF PRINTS
If the festive season is about the three Fs - family, friends + food - then there’s bound to be some mess. But there’s no use crying over spilt cranberry sauce, instead, pre-empt the problem by choosing bold + bright prints that double as camouflage.
Made from a lightweight and breathable blend of cotton and silk, this black blouse is a blank canvas to showcase one of our new custom prints this season, Forget-Me-Not florals. The lace-trimmed collar creates a neat neckline and elasticated shirring around the cuffs means you can safely pass or serve food.
A geometric jacquard and a flattering fit-and-flare silhouette come together in this midi dress. It’s made from figure-skimming ponte-jersey tailoring fabric and features a zip-adjustable neckline for customisable coverage and neat cuffs that temper the voluminous sleeves.
Combining our custom Scattered Floral print and the added dimension of a floral-jacquard base, this blouse is the ultimate over-the-table statement. It’s made from fluid jacquard crepe with a slightly shorter hem ideal for tucking into mid and high-rise trousers and features long pussybow ties that can be looped into a bow or left to languidly drape.
FESTIVE SHIMMER
It wouldn’t be the festive season without a dose of shimmer. We’ve got contemporary metallic styles perfect for your festive events that involve dressing up to stay in.
One of the pillars for at-home hosting outfits is practicality, so for the perfect balance of dressed-up yet easy-wearing look to one of this season’s metallic tops. Our Engineered Rib Trim Top is rendered in black-bronze for versatile styling options and features elasticated smocking around the neck and cuffs for a fuss-free fit that’s ideal if you’re moving about the kitchen.
A gilded take on a knitted favorite, our Fashioned Rib Metallic Knit Top is made from a metallic-infused stretch knit for a streamlined fit. It’s shaped with a slightly high neck - the perfect canvas for a statement necklace - and flared sleeves for a flattering look.
Taking one of the season’s hero shades and adding a festive twist, this bronze Double Espresso maxi dress is made from pointelle knit with metallic fibers for all over shimmer that styles effortlessly with gold jewelery. It’s lined through the body for coverage and has a semi-sheer effect across the sleeves and skirt for a modern look.