What to Wear :: A Very *Velvet* Holiday

Hi there! So, unfortunately I've been feeling a bit under the weather this past week and could not muster up the strength to take outfit pictures (plus if I wasn't going to work, I pretty much lived in sweatpants and a t-shirt all week). I'm going to try and beat this thing over the weekend as next week is going to be jam packed with school finals, holiday outings, and a special friend who I haven't seen in years will be coming to visit soon! So there will be lots of tea, soup, and NyQuil filling up my weekend in order to be in tip-top shape come Monday.

But while I force uncomfortable amounts of snuggle time on my cats and con DCT into catering towards my every need, I thought I'd get some style advice from you, lovely readers. Next weekend is my company's holiday party and this year we have a theme - Velvet. I have a couple velvet pieces, but I almost never wear them, so I've been playing around in my closet trying to come up with a few outfit ideas and I've narrowed it down to three possible selections. I would love your input on which you think I should go with!

I like the play on textures with the leather peplum top and velvet pants. And with all the black you know I have to add some sort of color, and I think the blue suede shoes would be the perfect pop, plus I can never say no to a statement shoe. Finally I like how the silver accessories complete the look.

I think I'm leaning towards this look the most as I have the majority of the pieces in my closet already. Velvet shorts are a little unexpected and I find the darker, ox blood blazer gives a more refined look to a holiday outfit than a bright Christmas red.

This look is what I like to call 'go Glam or go Home', haha! This may be a little too fancy pants for my company's party, but I think it'd be fun to rock it anyways. The crimson red velvet dress is very va-va-voom and I'll gladly use any excuse to carry a sparkly gold clutch. It's very modern day/real life Jessica Rabbit, no? Haha!

So there we have it! Any and all thoughts would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for reading and Happy Friday!