Gold is back
H&M’s Christmas ad, starring Lady Gaga, a lot of hair and Tony Bennett, upped the 1970s vibes with the glittery gold stage set behind the duo. Gold is definitely the colour of Christmas 2014 and it’s all about the unashamedly gaudy. Check out Katie Hillier’s lovely bunnies, deer and streamers made out of gold foil wrapping paper for Bethnal Green restaurant Bistrotheque. Scissors at the ready. LC
Add a bit of punk style to your tree this year …
At Hoi Polloi, fashion’s favourite east London restaurant, the tree this year comes with smashed up bits of plates and dolls decorated with glitter. It looks more like an art object than the usual tinsel and lights affair. Forget elves. A club kid wielding a glitter gun is the Christmas spirit to be channelling this year. LC
... Or go trad
Those who secretly change all the decorations to an acceptable formation once the kids go to bed may prefer fashion’s other acceptable tree option: the traditional tree as seen at Claridge’s courtesy of Dolce & Gabbana. Piled high with bows and baubles and guarded by woodland creatures, it’s as irresistibly Christmassy as a mince pie and mulled wine at 11am. LC
Black is OK as long as it comes with sparkles
Your Christmas Day outfit doesn’t have to be Cherie Blair literal – aka a red dress and matching lipstick. Subtle celebration is far cooler. See Kylie Minogue at Stella McCartney’s Christmas lights switch-on. A pair of boyfriend jeans and black sparkly blazer. Take away the heels and, cooking disasters willing, you have the perfect special-day-at-home outfit. LC
Ditch the saucers. It’s all about the champagne flute
What with Kim Kardashian breaking the internet with one, we’re a bit over the champagne saucer. Instead, embrace the flute – it’s the favoured glass of Made in Chelsea’s Mark-Francis Vandelli, who only seems to drink champagne, so must be correct. Take his advice though – avoid ones with seams down the side. Cheap glassware = a Christmas sad face. LC
Have a high-fat Christmas dinner
Tipped as the new Atkins, the ketogenic diet – which encourages specifically Christmas-appropriate treats such as nuts, brandy butter and cream – has reputed health benefits and looks set to be the diet of 2015. Which means for the first time Christmas dinner is officially en vogue. MF
Pimp your crown
We wouldn’t dare suggest you eschew crackers, but only wear the crown provided you’re comfortable zhoozhing it up with some glitter and sequins. To wit: Ed Marler Spring15 collection for Fashion East, which was big on luxe crowns. Failing that, look to EastEnder’s Nancy Carter, the soap’s runaway style star, who ties her hair into an actual bow. You know, if you’re worried a crown will cramp your do. MF
Try country walk chic
At the heart of every Christmas Day is the long and bracing family walk while drunk and bloated. One way to get a step ahead is to embrace this, sartorially speaking, looking to George Clooney in Downton Abbey in his prewar tweeds. One added bonus of tweed: no one will notice the sherry stains down the front. MF
Multi-faith your Christmas jumper
Much as we loathe Christmas jumpers after, say, late November, they have a place on Christmas Day provided they are done correctly. This year’s non-religious Christmas jumper, with nods to Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and atheism, might be an eyesore but there’s something to be said for making a multicultural statement before the Queen’s speech, right? MF
Go naked on your Christmas cards
So you’ve ditched the Christmas cards in favour of a jolly email? For shame. This Christmas, we’re stripping off for our bespoke family cards, mimicking Jonah Hill and James Franco (full frontal) and Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres who mocked up an homage to Kim Kardashian’s naked Paper cover. NB: Requires one family member with a decent handle on Photoshop. MF
