Holiday partying in Los Angeles is not like holiday partying elsewhere. Herewith: all the port-colored blazers and, well, ankle sweaters to get you through all the parties in your calendar from Downtown to the hills. Hard to imagine getting through this without some nice ankle sweaters.
At a tree-decorating party, you take your duties extremely seriously. There you’ll be, standing at attention under a tree while wearing Saint Rita’s square-bottom WWI-inspired waxed-canvas tie—ready to ascend a ladder with poise and purpose. You’ll get that star on top or you’ll die trying.
Last year at a fancy white-elephant party in the hills, you looked down, saw all that wrapping paper surrounding your feet and thought, “Maybe next year I’ll wear beautiful Esquivel shoes that look a little like crumpled wrapping paper.” Or maybe you didn’t. Still, it’s an option now.
The line between overly festive sweater and overly... ugly sweater is a fine one. Best to just wear neither. This Jack Spade red wool beauty will keep you festive-ish enough, but you can still wear it on January 14. You’ve got huge plans for January 14.
Ah, Downtown loft parties. Jacket-wise, you can’t go too corporate-dapper... and you can’t go too undergrad-struggling-artist. Split the middle with this tactile corduroy blazer, the kind whose elbows seem to always be getting touched. Much like your elbows. Who knows why. Some people just have great elbows.
Inevitably, you’re getting invited to something ugly-sweater-related. But nobody tends to specify which parts should be sweatered. Show up in these bright-red wool socks covered with a reasonably festive holiday-sweater pattern, and you’ll retain complete creative control over your torso.
