Over the past few years, holiday parties celebrating all that is hideous, sequined, and Christmas-themed have cropped up all over the country. And the dress code is sweaters – the uglier the better.
But if you want to stand out in a sea of tacky knitwear and take home the ugliest sweater prize, (oh yes, there's a prize,) you'll have to dig a lot deeper than a plain old Santa sweatshirt - or the reindeer knits worn by Colin Firth in Bridget Jones.
This type of shopping calls for Ebay. Our favorite knitted uglies include a navy acrylic number featuring hugging reindeers wrapped in an attached faux scarf, and a tomato red, zip-up turtleneck cardigan depicting a family of caroling penguins.
You can always tone down your crazy Christmas shirt with tight black leggings and high-heeled boots, especially if dressing up for parties comes second in your book to flirting.
But of course, if you're too cool to really participate in the Ugliest Christmas Sweater Party, you can always show up in Chanel's adorable Penguin take.
posted by superflippy
Dec 11, 2007 2:29PM
Ha! Neither of those eBay finds comes close to the late-80's monstrosity I have lurking in my closet. I knew that old thing would be good for a laugh someday. Just hand me the trophy now, ladies.
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