Update your 2014 Christmas-party look with our seasonal style guide. The mood is grumpy but the sillier your bag the better
1 The party mood is moody
The mood music of Christmas 2014 is a little grumpier than it has been over recent years. For instance, this year on social media it’s OK to be sarky about department store Christmas adverts again, after several years in which it was a major social faux pas to be anything except beamingly thrilled by all things Christmassy. It’s not that we’ve gone off Christmas, it’s just that we’ve moved on from the rictus-grin, everything-is-so-bleak-but-CHRISTMAS-IS-PERFECT narrative. For the first year in ages, models in party-themed fashion shoots are not smiling and carrying piles of glossily wrapped presents. On your moodboard instead is Cara Delevingne (above) in the Topshop Christmas campaign, looking sulky and practising her football headers on a disco ball.
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