Our team's outfits for Christmas Eve

In Jordan’s words: “We don’t choose our family. But we can choose the clothes we wear to go see her and that’s not bad.”

Despite everything, choosing your outfit for Christmas is not always an easy task, so we thought with the team that we would offer you some inspiration.

When it's dark, I like to dress in dark. As if the night itself was dressing me. No I'm not drunk.

I always have trouble putting on bright colors at the end of the day. I tell myself that dark corresponds better to the intimacy of the evening. And even more so if I'm going to an event, which doesn't happen every day.

This outfit doesn't really change from what I might wear on a night other than New Year's Eve. And that's a shame !

This is my self-criticism: coming out of the film Napoleon, I said to myself that it was still something when we had ceremonial outfits depending on the events we attended. It took you out of your everyday life and together, with all the people who were in the room at that moment, themselves dressed in ways they were never dressed in everyday life, something was happening.

Through clothing, we communicated the exceptional side of the moment, its deliciously ephemeral side.

While David…

Yes, I chose the color!

Basically, I wanted to offer you an outfit with a fair isle pattern sweater and velvet pants.

Then I remembered I had this tuxedo. Am I really going to spend Christmas like this? Maybe not. But I like this idea: having special outfits, for the occasions that matter.

I love this tuxedo and I want to bring it to life , find opportunities to wear it. Likewise, if you like beautiful formal outfits, wear them proudly.

Birthday ? Tuxedo. Jubilee? Tuxedo. Techno evening? Tuxedo. Christmas ? Smo-king!

The most remarkable piece is obviously this mustard velvet jacket with a shawl collar. It's called a smoking jacket, it seems. For the rest, I keep it simple, and as close as possible to a classic tuxedo , with a white shirt with bib fronts and French cuffs, a black bow tie, black pants with silk braid on the side and black moccasins.

In terms of details, I chose to wear my ring to add a little something extra. It is silver and reminiscent of the bit (the barrette) on moccasins.

In my opinion, there are two types of people on Christmas Eve: those who will hang out in a Christmas sweater or hoodie for a relaxed silhouette; and those who will choose a more elegant, even sartorial, ensemble. In the second case, it would be a shame to find his suit stained because he decided to drink that extra drink in your place.

This Christmas, I couldn't see myself without a turtleneck. It's going to be two years in a row that I've been wearing them, I'm not going to break this start of the series (never two without three, as they say). I chose this one for its chic yet casual appearance, with a textured knit and its pretty Donegal speckling.

However, I don't just want to settle for a sweater: I want to make a good impression on the in-laws. I need an elegant piece for this occasion. So I chose this blazer to make the outfit more remarkable . I was thinking of wearing a darker one from Jonas & Cie, but after only two years of good and loyal service (and only two wearings...), the blazer has become way too small for me today. Luckily I was able to borrow this one from the office.

The choice of pants was more difficult: I thought about wearing raw jeans to really contrast with the elegance of the top, but ultimately the choice fell on these camel chinos . It goes easily with the rest of the outfit, and makes a nice transition with the ankle boots.

The combination of beige with the gray of the sweater and the blue of the jacket gives a certain harmony.

As for shoes, I choose black ankle boots but they have two small problems in my opinion:

• the black of the ankle boots contrasts quite strongly with the rest of the outfit. Brown would have been more appropriate to match the lighter tones of the other rooms;
• I would have preferred moccasins, but I still don't have any... I promise, I'll buy some soon to be fully part of the editorial team. It seems to be a rite of passage.

Coming from RM Williams, these boots embody not only a piece of Australian history, but also a part of mine . This brand has achieved the feat of starting in workwear to evolve towards a more elegant aesthetic.

Among Poles, we rarely wear blazers at family meals. Historically, this allowed us to free our shoulders from any constraints, to better raise our glass of potato juice and toast (source: Le Gorafi Histoire, 2023).

Most New Year's Eves, I just do what I want and I blindly follow my desire for a costume. But this year, I'm turning it around with this popover overshirt from Schnayderman's (152 points in Scrabble). For its originality, its relaxed elegance and because I love it. For the record, it's a size up that I had shortened to give this boxy twisted cut.

Underneath, I figured a turtleneck would make for an interesting layering. I was hesitating between ecru and burgundy. These two colors work wonderfully with brown but the burgundy ( Pietro model from our BonneGueule brand) won: darker, it fits better in the continuity of the black pants. Redder, it fits into that of the houndstooth pattern, part of which is orange. For fun, I added a gold chain.

The black pants (vintage) and shoes ( Velasca ) set a neutral color base, rather chic without overdoing it, while timidly cherishing my dream of being able to enter Berghain one day (I don't think we're still there yet). not).

For this Christmas, I wanted to highlight the taste of texture so dear to BonneGueule.

We start with Toso and its sandy color which reminds me of… Christmas log shortbread! Joking aside, it's a warm color that I really like, and which goes very well with the color of my Alden moccasins, bought at a time when inflation was not what it was.

And for a blazer, I have the Bellagio , whose texture echoes that of the Toso, but in a very beautiful blue.

To tie these two garments together, nothing beats a good old white shirt . I could have taken the Volpaia , but the slightly fluffy texture of the Jodoga , as well as its slightly more relaxed buttoned collar called to me this time!