There are plenty of things to worry about in the first social encounters of 2021. Being overdressed is not one of them
If you invite me round for drinks in your garden or to a picnic in the park – and please do, by the way; it’s a hard yes from me to any invitation that has three-dimensional humans and isn’t a walk– I’ll be the one in the tulle party dress. Or possibly the feather-trimmed silk pyjamas. Or maybe the vintage flapper dress. Maybe I’ll bring all of them, and change looks on the hour.
I cannot wait to dress up. Life has been wellies and home cooking for quite long enough, thank you.
The logistics of what to wear for the first social encounters of 2021 are a little challenging, however. Action will be alfresco, and Britain in late March is not famed for its balmy evenings. I am so sick of my puffer jacket that if it came down to a choice between wearing it in company or freezing to death, I would need to weigh up the options carefully.
Instead I’m planning on layering a Uniqlo Heattech thermal top under my new Simone Rocha x H&M tulle dress, or a snug polo-neck sweater under the feather-trimmed PJs, or digging out a fake-fur chubby jacket from my noughties clubbing wardrobe to wear with the flapper dress. Stilettos might be a stretch, on treacherous and still-soggy ground, but I’m swapping the wellies for ankle boots.
Related: One look, two seasons: the oversized cardigan – in pictures
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