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12/02/11
Local Plunder
Gearing Up for Holiday Party Season
It’s time. Time for this year’s holiday party season, when, naturally, you’ll be taking it to the nines. (Maybe even the 10s.) Here’s what you’ll need to make an appropriately festive entrance.
FOR A MONOCLE-FRIENDLY PARTY
Yes, a Top Hat
The basic tux isn’t going to cut it at that secretive white-tie winter-estate affair in Westchester. You
need to go full aristocrat, with a five-inch fur felt masterpiece guaranteed to outclass every single person
at the party. Remember: Fidelio.
- 411:
- $300, available at J.J. Hat Center, 310 5th Ave, 800-622-1911
FOR THE COMPETITIVE SWEATER-OFF
The Full-Body Sweater
There are holiday sweaters, and then there’s this: an all-consuming, full-body sweater covering nearly
every inch of your skin in thermal merino wool. Finally, an answer to the question, “What do you wear
under a Santa suit?”
- 411:
- $490, available at Opening Ceremony, 35 Howard St, 212-219-2688
FOR THE RAT PACK–FRIENDLY ROOFTOP SOIREE
The Velvet Blazer
Don’t be fooled by the lapels: this is a jacket for lawless, nog-fueled revelry, in the tradition of
louche charmers from Sinatra on down. Consider it the crucial final touch for your karaoke version of Chuck
Berry’s “Run, Run, Rudolph.”
- 411:
- $299, available at Louis Purple, 323 Lafayette St, 212-219-8559
FOR THE WELL-ARMED HOLIDAY BASH
Pen-Knife Cufflinks
There are fancy cufflinks, and then there are cufflinks that conceal half-inch steel blades, ready to slice
through a champagne-bottle sheath, errant wrapping paper or a cup of unsatisfactory mulled wine at a
moment’s notice. These are the latter. Use them wisely this festive season.
- 411:
- $39, available on UrbanDaddy Perks
FOR THE DIMLY LIT HOUSE PARTY
A Christmas-Flavored Eau de Toilette
This one’s basically the perfumer’s version of mistletoe—or rather, a gruff blend of peppermint, rose
and white musk that might, under the right circumstances, have the same effect. If you’d been wearing it
last year, you would have brought home all of the Rockettes.
- 411:
- $42, available at Odin New York, 328 E 11th St, 212-475-0666
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