Gold is Good for the Holiday
This Christmas gold is going to be a very hot trend that extends to every design detail from the shoes on your feet to your dress to your bag. You are going to see touches of gold everywhere this season. Gilded leather, gold lame, sequins, brocades, knits and satins will all be that shiny Las Vegas gold. We have not seen this look become so fierce since the late eighties. Before that it was fashionable to wear gold lame with velvet jackets in the early eighties.
There are some rules for wearing gold simply because it is so flashy. It can literally “outshine” everything else you are wearing. You should never wear it head to toe.You should never wear it on a body part that you do not want brought to attention. For instance do not wrap a gold belt around a pot belly.
Gold looks best when mixed with black and white or flesh colored tones. You can also wear it more casually and mix it with dark denim, leather and other fabrics.
Gold makeup is also in vogue for the holiday season. Prescriptives has made a very special gold powder that looks pink in one light and gold in another. It is called Prescriptives Rainbow Powder Play. Givenchy also makes a gold iridescent powdered that is similar. The Urban Decay Shadow Lounge is also pink and gold at the same time.
A little gold glitter is also coming back into fashion. Soap stores like Lush are putting all kinds of glimmer touches into their soaps and gels so that your skin will really glow. Other cosmetic companies are also following the trend and putting a bit of gold dust in their bath products.
On the runway gold was seen in all kinds of guises. One piece jumpsuits with bear arms and keyhole necks (reminiscent of Sharon Stone in Casino) were on the runways. Baby doll dresses with mesh sleeves and mini dresses and tops with long bell sleeves also made their glitzy presence know. Gold cotton tops lined with shiny gold ribbon and long satin gowns are also going to be seen on the cocktail wear scene.
You could probably top up any outfit with a touch of gold jewelry to look as cool as possible. Solid gold earrings that are thick and solid looking are back as is those drooping long chains that were so popular in the eighties. In fact wearing several chains around the waist is very Chanel.
The key to “doing” gold correctly is to never overdo it. Another key is to not wear any jewelry (and especially gold jewelry) if you are already paving yourself in gold in the form of something like a gold leather jacket or gold lame skirt.
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