December is for Dressing Up!

Dear friends. Welcome to the last Style Not Age Challenge of the year.  It was my turn to set the prompt, and I went with "December is for Dressing Up." We usually have a festive attire prompt in December - see previous challenges below.

I am always looking for a gold skirt and sequins in "my" spring colours, so I was thrilled to find this faux leather skirt from Never Fully Dressed.  It has a tie belt which is useful for pulling the waist in, as this type of  material can be a bit rigid. 

I found the lime sequin top back in the summer at M&S and knew it would be pressed into service over Christmas!

The boots are also a current season purchase from Oliver Bonas. The bag is an old purchase from New Look. I use it on our summer holiday because it's quite spacious! 

I'm not wearing this outfit today, Christmas Day.  It's just me and hubs today and he would think I'd gone mad if I appeared wearing this. Tomorrow there will be 8 of us for Boxing Day and I'll probably wear a (tasteful) Christmas jumper. 

Let's see how the other members of the Style Not Age collective got on. Anna from Anna's Island Style is wearing a Christmas present from her son, a silver and gold trouser suit by Lavish Alice. Boots are old, silver and white sequin top is a charity shop find and all jewellery is old.

This is what Hilda from Over the Hilda is wearing today. A stylish but comfortable co-ords set from FRNCH, current. 

Jacqui from Mummabstylish has a splash of festive red with trousers from Tu via Vinted, shirt borrowed from her daughter, shoes New Look and beads a present from one of the children when they were at school. 

Emma from Stylesplash is suffering from a cold - get well soon - but still looks fabulous.  Shes wearing River Island sequin trousers (bought last year), a top from Dona Hortensia in Funchal, SkinnyDip London bag and old New Look boots.

Hope you enjoyed our festive finery.  Thee are more pics on the other girls' blogs. What are you wearing today and tomorrow? Do share in the comments.  Something special, a fun Christmas jumper, PJs?

All that remains is to wish you a wonderful Christmas and festive celebration.  Pop back on Wednesday for another new post, and a review of December and 2023 on Friday.

Festive Looks from Previous Challenges

Sparkle and Shine  (2022)

Festive Finery  (2021)

Out and About (2020)

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A Touch of Sparkle: Style Not Age Challenge

With Christmas less than three weeks away it was a great choice by Anna to have "A Touch of Sparkle" as our November challenge. Have you gone early with your Christmas decorations? I can understand why everyone wants to brighten up this gloomy time.  Our sparkly outfits should help!

I didn't have much in my wardrobe in the way of sparkle - I have a couple of sequin tops but I wear them throughout the year being a big fan of sequins for daytime. I treated myself to this Gemma top from Monsoon at John Lewis - it's sold out except in size 18. The rest of my outfit is old, the pleated skirt was from Warehouse via eBay;  the silver belt came from Topshop, and I can't remember where the silver boots or bag came from  (the bag is from my big collection of evening bags - see it here).

Now let's see what the rest of the Style Not Age collective chose to sparkle in. 

Emma from Stylesplash is fantastic at mixing colours and here we see green looking wonderful with damson/burgundy. Like me, Emma sourced her Warehouse skirt from eBay. That bang up to the minute blouse is from PrettyLittleThing, boots from Office and her bag from an independent shop. 

Jacqui from Mummabstylish has plenty of sparkle with a gorgeous Oasis long sleeve black tunic covered in gorgeous sequins.  She has paired it with simple black wide leg trousers and black boots.

Hilda from Over the Hilda is looking fabulous in her Baum und Pferdgarten lurex jumper from The Bias Cut, which brought back happy memories of the day she and I joined Laurie from Vanity and Me in a Bias Cut shoot. I later bought the same jumper, but it suits Hilda's colouring much more than mine.  Her skirt is this year's Florence and Fred and the boots, which go so well with the top, are over 20 years at least.

Anna from Anna's Island Style, whose challenge this is, is brightening December not only with sparkles but with colour as well. Her jacket is from Anothereight, sweater is by The Cashmere Specialist, satin trousers from the Conscious Collection at H&M and boots are from Office. 

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You can see more of the girls' fabulous outfits at their blogs and on Instagram. Anyone planning to sparkle over Christmas?  Do let us know what you're planning to wear in the comments. 

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