Why should gentiles have all the fun? $98, Nordstrom.
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The only sweater that goes from family party to after-party: Run your hands over the movable sequins to flip “nice” to “naughty” just as soon as you leave Grandma’s. $330, Neiman Marcus.
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The only sweater that goes from family party to after-party: Run your hands over the movable sequins to flip “nice” to “naughty” just as soon as you leave Grandma’s. $330, Neiman Marcus.
When it comes to Ugly Christmas Sweater parties, that ubiquitous holiday theme, there are two camps: the purists and the adapters.
The former make it their mission to find the tackiest, gaudiest, least appealing knitwear they possibly can. The latter, perhaps more concerned with getting a cute boomerang alongside their office friends, take a more liberal approach. Their chosen apparel is generally not ugly—in fact, it may not even be a sweater—but it’s holiday-themed, and thereby good enough for us. Spirit of the law versus letter of the law.
It’s also fun to shop for, so that’s just what we did. If you’re an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party traditionalist, we suggest hitting up any number of Houston’s fantastic thrift shops flush with holiday monstrosities of years past. But if you’re in the market for something a little less extreme, we’ve got you covered. You may earn the scorn of the purists, but you’ll also get all the likes on that Christmas party Instagram, so…priorities.
Abby Ledoux traded Canada’s border for Mexico’s when she moved to Texas from northwestern Vermont in November 2017 to join the staff at Houstonia.
An alumna of Emerson College’s journalism program in Boston, Abby was previously associate editor of three weekly newspapers in her home state of Vermont. There, she covered everything from Bernie Sanders to the heroin epidemic and won numerous state and regional awards for her work, including the Vermont Press Association’s 2014 Rookie of the Year. She was also an investigative reporting fellow at the New England First Amendment Coalition.
Today, Abby is excited to explore Houston’s vibrant, diverse culture (and shopping scene). Aside from fashion and design, she’s passionate about politics, hip hop and Mexican food. She believes leopard is a neutral and red lipstick can fix almost anything.
