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The countdown to Christmas Day is on. The home stretch between the beginning of the festive season and New Year’s Eve is one marked by habitual window shopping, ferocious wish-listing and an excessive amount of cocktail-slinging at annual end-of-year parties.
All these activities culminate in the central event of the season: Christmas Day. Irrespective of how you and your loved ones celebrate the holiday, the dress code for yuletide revelries comes with specific requirements.
Christmas day dresses must be a form of occasionwear to honour the sentimentality and merriness imbued into the event. But thanks to our locale in the Southern Hemisphere, our Christmas day outfits should be ones suited to warm clients, effortless yet underpinned by elegance, and are as joy-inducing as the event calls for.
While this period has us wrapped up (pun intended) with present purchasing and perusing gift guides, we’ve taken the guesswork out of what to wear on Christmas day. For outfits suitable to open presents to ensembles to wear on Christmas Eve, GRAZIA has rounded up the Christmas Day outfits for every festive occasion ahead. This outfit guide is the gift that keeps on giving.
Christmas Day Dresses: GRAZIA’s Guide To The Stylish Festive Outfits For 2023
‘Twas The Night Before: Christmas Eve Pyjamas
Before Saint Nick sneaks down your chimney to drop presents under your tree, festive dressing begins with a sleek pair of Christmas Eve pyjamas. From fur-trimmed sets that rival the trimmings on your gift wrapping to pieces you can roll out of bed and into Christmas morning celebrations, these ensembles will give new meaning to the night before.
The Morning Of: Outfits To Open Presents In
Most Christmas memories are made around the Christmas tree. Regardless if your gift-giving mode involves getting into full dress at 9 AM or wearing your pyjamas from the night before, we’ve compiled an edit of boudoir-inspired slips, breezy skirts and elevated takes on the graphic shirt.
The Big Event: Christmas Day Dresses
The peak of Christmas Day celebrations in Australian festive culture is lunch. This means Christmas Day dresses should be appropriate for the hour, fluid enough for the legions of prawns you’ll indulge in and vibrant enough to rival your festive tablescape. Ahead, options that suit the brief and more.
The Cocktail Hour: Christmas Party Dresses
Whether you’re after items to wear come cocktail hour on Christmas afternoon or a sparkling mini fit for your Christmas party, the below Christmas party dresses are equally sensual as they are elegant. Bonus points are awarded to this sculpted Christopher Esber maxi, with a cherry colourway inspired by our favourite fruit of the season.
The After Party: Christmas Evening Gowns
If your Christmas Day centres around an elegant dinner where mulled wine and honey-glazed ham are on the menu, your Christmas Day dress should be dramatic and stitched with flair. For dinners that melt into dance floors, look to 16Arlington’s chintzy disco-ball dress. Or, for a more traditional take on the evening gown, look to Beare Park’s asymmetrical dress in a sumptuous velvet teal.
The Special Mention: Cold Weather Christmas Outfits
Of course, with Christmas Day falling in summer, this edit has been skewed to suit the rising mercury and beach-filled days of a typical Australian summer. But if you find yourself lucky enough to enjoy a White Christmas this year, look to these cool-weather options that both beat the cold and bring the heat.
