Party dressing: Can I wear my Uggs?

Natural fur waistcoat from Zara £139.00. Available on line.

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I love Hadley Freeman in the Guardian, she makes me laugh with her Ask Hadley page, which this week considered the possibility that buying a new dress for the Party Season might be a bit of a marketing ploy by retailers. It resonated because I was just mulling over the very same thought, not because of the marketing, I KNOW I'm being played, but more because I can't bear the idea of having anything less than four layers of woolly things on currently to beat the cold and by Thursday (my first party) it's going to be snowing again.

I want to wear warm, snuggly cashmere, woolly tights, wrap scarves around my neck and yes, wear my Ugg boots. This is obviously very wrong for a party, but how can you combine staying warm-as-toast AND looking gorgeous in glammy clothes? I hardly go to proper dress-up parties now, so the motivation to buy a new dress at high cost and low warmth value, only to sit in the wardrobe is pretty low. 

Our solution is to layer a furry-but-in-a-glamourous-way waistcoat over the top of an existing dress. The three we've selected would work well over trousers or dresses and if you have a waist, then they'd be great belted too. If things hot up you can slip off the waistcoat, so NO to wearing Uggs, instead shift the sheepskin up and snuggle into a waistcoat.

Faux fur waistcoat in mink, from Mint Velvet  £79.00 available on line.

 

Topshop gilet from the Unique range, in leather and shearling, £150.00 online.

Comments

[Emma]

Thanks for the fashion advice. I love the Zara gilet, and may be putting that on my Christmas list. Have got a party on Sunday and am going to wear my warm but figure hugging knit dress with possibly a belt, tights and boots. A sort of dressing up compromise.Ugg boots just for wearing round the house at the mo I think. Sadly, even though they seem to be everywhere I feel my bare shoulder sparkly party dress days are over. Well, for this year anyway....

[Jude]

Oh. I have a party to go to on Saturday and was hoping to wear not only UGGs buy my faithful Long Johns and furry trapper hat. Might have a re-think.

[amanda]

Can I recommend Uniqlo's Heat Tech long johns Jude? I am constantly having to grab mine back from teenagesons, who wear them to keep warm at rugby training......ps wouldn't be Jane's party on Saturday would it?

[Jude]

Interesting to hear you recommend the Uniqlo HeatTech wear. I've always been put off them because of their syntheticcy handle and appearance, so have doubted their thermal properties. Are they breathable, and do you get sweaty inthem?!
PS - would be nice to meet you Saturday.

[amanda]

I know what you mean by the yucky feel, but really they are fine, not sweaty at all. I hardly ever leave the house now without one of the many heattech vests I own, probably wise not to wear them on a date, but otherwise, SNUGGLY.