November 7, 2025
These aren’t really the colors that we think of for the winter holidays, but there’s more than enough red and holly green in the world…
If one is patient, and disciplined, it is possible to find lovely dressy things that are perfect with this wardrobe:
Snowflake earrings – Talbots; snowflake sweater – Boden; gold sweater – Alex Mill; snowflake brooch – Classicharms; sequined skirt – Vineyard Vines; sequined top – Vineyard Vines; ballet flats – Birdies
Remember that if you’re looking for a holiday brooch, Talbots is where you want to look first!
The gold sequins blend pretty well into this wardrobe, and the two sweaters are just right:
This heroine has some of the BEST scarves!
And our heroine already had a gold handbag and gold sandals; in warmer weather she can wear her gold sequined garments with sandals rather than ballet flats. Choices are nice to have!
Our heroine has plenty of new outfits; isn’t that always the best part of buying new clothes?
This is the ONLY wardrobe in this series that doesn’t make me want to start over!
love,
Janice
earlier posts that featured this wardrobe, with links to these clothes, can be found here: Christmas Day Introduction, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
p.s. Ten years ago, our art was Pre-Raphaelite, and our wardrobe was taupe and light blue!
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Superb finds especially the Boden jumper. I think that retailers are realising that not everyone wants to wear tacky “Christmas” jumpers with garish scenes on a background of bright red, holly green or black. Occasionally, I might see navy. Last year I bought a navy sweatshirt with pretty embroidered Christmas baubles on it.
This jumper is a subtle and unusual colour. The snowflakes are seasonal throughout the holiday season. It can be dressed up or down. Worn with warm trousers and a coat for a country walk or over the top of the sequin skirt for a Christmas party. Maybe she has the sequin top underneath in case she gets hot.
I recently bought a pale blue jumper with silver snowflakes on it. I can wear it with navy or grey trousers or a silver grey mesh skirt.
I just love this wardrobe Every time it’s posted, you make me yearn for the ability to wear olive green near my face! I adore the gold sequined skirt. I bought a similar one last year from J. Crew Factory. Too often, sequin skirts are tight and very short. Both the one you’ve posted, as well as last year’s version, are ‘twirling’ skirts and look wonderful on a variety of body shapes and for a variety of ages. So, thank you for doing this!
While I love wearing red at Christmas (I’m not much of a green person, in general), holiday dressing doesn’t have to tacky. I love seeing all of the other color options and how elevated they appear in velvet, silk and sequins. A heroine shouldn’t have to give up her color palette just for the holidays.
I love this wardrobe. It’s the only one that makes me want to start over. I cannot wear olive green to save my life, but I do love that Boden sweater. What a find!
It’s always worth digging through Boden’s website; they have a ton of things, and you don’t always catch some of the best stuff unless you look carefully. I should work for them…
hugs,
Janice
This wardrobe always makes me smile, it is so cheerful. Love the holiday gold addition.
The sequins seem to fit so much more seamlessly in this wardrobe vs yesterday’s … how interesting! Gorgeous wardrobe, and seems to fit so many moods. Janice you’re a genius at finding clothing gems – even in colors that don’t inspire you personally. This one inspires me to start over (I can wear these colors :)) although it is pretty far from my current wardrobe!
happy Friday all!
Love the greens, again! Im really in a green mood. Going forward when I need to expand my wardrobe I am going to be looking for greens. Btw this is my favourite wardrobe for all the seasons except winter. I would change most of the yellows for corals or rusts. Thanks Janice.
These colors turn my stomach. Maybe it’s because of my light summer coloring. Maybe because I had to wear that horrible bronze-y gold as my middle school band uniform! Bad memories with that.
I never thought this painting would become my favourit wardrobe.
Or that “spicy mustard salad dressing” ;)) would be my dress-code.
I could live in this, allthough my colouring is just a bit different; only a little warm muted white, and less yellow and green would be better for me.
But thank you very much for this wardrobe, I learned a lot and are still learning from it.
And I won’t end up in hospital wearing these colours, but if you see someone brought in in a lovely blue-ish pink: it’s me, it makes me look very ill.
I like this capsule collection.
I really enjoy wearing the colors. I was just thinking that I would combine it with gray.
Absolutely! I’m becoming more and more convinced that there’s a grey somewhere for every color palette. And it’s always appropriate, and very versatile too!
hugs,
Janice