Ugly Christmas

This is going to be one of the last posts for the semester. I figure since it is around the holidays and there will be Christmas parties I thought that I would talk about Christmas fashion. Not just Christmas fashion, ugly Christmas fashion. I know that there are things like ugly Christmas sweater parties and anything but clothes parties so here are some ideas.

If you are one of those people who likes to go all out for the ugly Christmas sweater parties, I have an idea. I saw someone when I was Black Friday shopping in a sweater like the one I am about to describe and thought it was pretty cool. Let’s say you can’t seem to find an ugly Christmas sweater that doesn’t live up to your standards, you can just make one and it won’t cost a lot to make. Just go to a Salvation Army and look at their sweaters. Try to find a plain colored sweater, like black, red, blue, or even white. Whatever your heart desires. Then go to the dollar store, find some tinsel or Christmas ribbons, or even some garland. You can take that and either glue it, tape it, or sew it to the sweater. Next if you are someone who likes to light up the party, try to find some of those battery powered strings of lights. I have seen them at Lowe’s, Menards, and Home Depot. You can take those and put them all around your sweater, but just tape them to the sweater. I would stop there, but you can always take it a step further and add more things like a Santa, a tree, or even a snowman to it. Whatever your heart desires.

If you are going to an anything but clothes party, here is a little idea for a costume that won’t cost that much to make. All you need is duct tape, ribbon, and tinsel. Take some long pieces of tape that should wrap around your waist and then take your tinsel and stick it to the tape. You may need to do this several times to make some layers for the skirt. For the shirt, you can take tape and wrap it backwards, with the sticky part facing out around your torso. Take the ribbon and wrap it around yourself sticking it to the tape. To get the shirt off of you, take a pair of scissors and cut it down the back. You can take remaining ribbon and make it a corset top by putting holes into the back of the shirt and pull the ribbon through the holes. If you feel like you need straps for the shirt, you can take some ribbon and attach it to the front of the shirt and wrap it around to make it a halter.

Those are some ideas if you plan on getting into the Christmas spirit. I hope this helps give you some ideas!