Veronica is excited to figure out what to wear to a Christmas party. The reason she loves Christmas parties is because it’s a time to celebrate. She and her husband are going to her work Christmas party at the Founder’s home. Working at a start-up can be intense and demanding. This Christmas party is about celebrating all the successes they have had this year and over the last three years. It was rocky at the beginning because of the pandemic.
It was during this time Veronica learned that clothes change how you feel and can help you feel like you can conquer your world. By wearing clothes that helped her feel confident, she was able to do things she only dreamt about doing. She’s ready to celebrate the person she has become.
She hasn’t always felt this way because she felt out of balance and didn’t understand why. What she has learned is that when she wears the right designs for her body, she feels more balanced. As a result, she feels more confident.
Keep reading to learn which designs are right for her body.
Veronica’s Body Elements
As a review, these are Veronica’s Body Element clues:
- Body Shape — X (Body Shape — The Girls)
- Curved clothes silhouette
- Can place horizontal and vertical lines almost anywhere when considering Body Shape
- Face Shape — Heart (Face Shape — The Girls)
- Curved design lines, prints and accessories
- Color Skin, Hair, Eyes — Low Color Contrast (Color Skin, Hair & Eyes — The Girls)
- Favorite Colors — Yellow, Violet, Red
- Color Combinations (other colors) — Analogous
- Color Combinations (relative lightness and darkness) — Low contrast
- First Scale Clue — Small
- Body Proportions — Short between bust/waist and waist/crotch, long between crotch/knees and knees/floor (Body Proportions — The Girls)
- Horizontal lines — Place them between her crotch/knees and knees/floor; don’t place them between her bust/waist and waist/crotch
- Vertical lines — Place them between her bust/waist and waist/crotch; don’t place them between her crotch/knees and knees/floor
- Second Scale Clue — Decrease overall scale between bust/waist and waist/crotch; increase it between crotch/knees and knees/floor
- Body Frame Size — Medium (Body Frame Size — The Girls)
- Third scale clue — Medium
- Scale Strategy — Small/Medium (Scale Strategy — The Girls)
- Decrease scale to small between her bust/waist and waist/crotch
- Increase to medium between her crotch/knees and knees/floor
What To Wear To A Christmas Party -- Dress
When Veronica saw this dress on the hanger, she knew this was the dress. She loved the color and shape. It reminds her of a retro dress from the 1950’s but updated for 2022.
Design Line & Color Analysis
Silhouette
Veronica learned that the first design line she should look at is the silhouette. It’s the outside line of the dress. The difference between the shoulders/waist, waist/hips and hips/shoulders. It comes in two different categories: angular and curved. A silhouette is angular when the shoulders, waist and hips appear to be the same width. On the other hand, a silhouette is curved when the waist is significantly smaller than both the shoulders and waist. Her Body Shape gives her clues as to which category to wear.
Veronica has an X Body Shape. Her waist is significantly smaller than both her shoulders and hips. Also, her shoulders and hips appear to be the same width. The transition at the waist is angular like an X as compared to an S Body Shape which is curved.
This dress has a curved silhouette perfect for Veronica.
Horizontal Lines
Veronica learned that horizontal lines are another design line she needs to consider. They stop the eye, emphasize the area and make it appear to be wider and shorter. Her Body Shape and Body Proportions give her clues as to the placement of horizontal lines.
Veronica learned that for a Body Shape one doesn’t want horizontal lines in their widest areas because they bring emphasis to this area and make it appear even wider. However when placed in the shoulders and/or waist, these areas are emphasized and make it appear wider which creates better balance with the wider area.
For Body Proportions, Veronica learned that one doesn’t want to place horizontal lines in short areas because it will make these areas appear even shorter. On the other hand, one does want them in long areas because horizontal lines will make this area appear shorter creating balance.
Veronica can place horizontal lines anywhere for her Body Shape because she doesn’t have one area wider than another. However, she does need to consider them for her Body Proportions. She is short between her bust/waist and waist/crotch; and is long between her crotch/knees and knees/floor. Overall her legs are significantly longer than her torso.
This dress has two horizontal lines: the neckline and dress hem. The neckline is just below Veronica’s shoulders and is a perfect spot for her because the length between her chin and bust is ideal. Also the fact that by wearing a dress one doesn’t know where the torso ends and legs begin the torso doesn’t look even shorter. The hem length is perfect. In fact, any hem length works great on her because it helps the legs appear shorter.
Vertical Lines
Veronica learned that vertical lines move the eye up and down, and makes the area appear thinner and taller. Her Body Shape and Body Proportions give her clues as to the placement of these design lines.
For Body Shapes in general, one does want vertical lines through the widest area because they move the eye away from the area and make them appear thinner. However, one doesn’t want them just in the thinnest areas because vertical lines make this area appear even thinner making the body appear even more out of balance.
For Body Proportions in general, one does whan vertical lines in short areas because they will make this area appear longer creating balance. However one doesn’t want them in just long areas because this area will appear even longer making it appear even more out of balance.
As with horizontal lines, Veronica learned she didn’t need to worry about vertical lines for her Body Shape, but did need to consider them for her Body Proportions. She wants them in her torso area to make it appear longer and wants to limit them in her leg area.
This dress has two princess lines going from mid-arm going down to the hem. These vertical lines work well for Veronica’s torso area making it appear longer. Because this is a dress and one can’t tell where the torso ends and legs begin, the legs don’t look longer.
Shape Of Design Lines
Veronica learned that her Face Shape gives her clues as to the shape of design lines. She finds design shapes in necklines, pockets, collars and cuffs along with accessories and prints. Design line shapes come in two categories: angular and curved. Angular design lines have angles while curved ones have no angles. Angular Face Shapes wear angular design lines and curved Face Shapes wear curved design lines.
Veronica learned she has a heart Face Shape which falls in the curved category.
This dress has two design line shapes: the neckline and print. Both have curved shapes which are perfect for Veronica.
What To Wear To A Christmas Party -- Necklace
Veronica was walking around the fine jewelry counter and saw this pink sapphire necklace. This was the first time she saw one and loved the color. She put it up to the dress and it worked perfectly. It was on sale and she had to have it.
Design Line & Color Analysis
Shape Of Design Lines
Veronica knew this necklace would be perfect for her because of the oval shape. This shape complements her heart Face Shape.
What To Wear To A Christmas Party -- Earrings
Once Veronica decided on the necklace, she looked for earring that matched. She thought wearing earrings that matched would bring an elegance to the dress.
Design Line & Color Analysis
Design Line Shape
As with the necklace, the shape of the earrings complimented her heart Face Shape.
What To Wear To A Christmas Party -- Shoe
The next department Veronica went to was the shoe department. She didn’t find anything she liked and had her size. So she went home to look on macys.com. She loves shopping online now that she understands which styles and design work for her.
Design Line & Color Analysis
Horizontal Lines
Veronica learned horizontal lines are her friend by making her legs appear shorter. She has always gravitated toward ankle strapped shoes and now she knows why; they make her long legs appear shorter. These sandals were exactly the look she was going for. She loves the ankle straps on these sandals.
Design Lines Shape
One problem Veronica was having in the store was not finding sandals with a curved toe shape. Because of her curved Face Shape she learned she should wear curved shaped toes. This sandal had that curved toe shape she was looking for.
What To Wear To A Christmas Party -- Clutch
After finding the sandals on macys.com, Veronica looked for a clutch to go with the dress. She started out looking for a black one to go with the shoes; but didn’t find one she liked and had the right shape. So she started to look for one the same color as her dress. This one was perfect.
Design Line & Color Analysis
Design Lines Shape
Veronica looked for clutches with an overall curved shape to match her Face Shape clue. This clutch had the perfect shape.
Final Thoughts
Shopping has never been so fun now that Veronica understands the clues her body gives her. Not only that, her confidence has increased because she’s wearing clothes that help her feel like she can conquer her world. As a result, she goes after projects she only dreamed of doing. She has seen the same thing happen to her friends: Grace, Monica, Alice and Grace.
Their confidence has increased so much over the last year and a half the friends decided to take a weekend at the coast to determine what dream project they each want to pursue this year and create a plan of action. To do this, they decided to get clothes which are comfortable with the right design lines which would allow them to feel like they can conquer their world. First up is Sam. To find out which styles and designs are right for her body read: What To Wear For Confidence — Sam.
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