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I’ve decided to try and help the nation (or at least York’s student population) by writing myself out some guidelines and attempting to avoid the pitfalls of bad packing:
How not to pack a Christmas holiday wardrobe:
I’ve found myself accumulating clothes and accessories during the last term and have attached ‘Christmas’ as the reason for me being allowed to have them. "This will be my Christmas scarf", "my Christmas cardigan" and so on. Thinking about it though, I often find myself justifying all types of purchases by making allowances such as "It’s OK, I’ll live off pasta all of next week". For example, by limiting your collection of ‘Christmas socks’ to a few novelty pairs you’ll still have room for those that really do keep your feet all warm and snug (with room for tights too)!
It’s OK to leave clothes at university. They’ll still be there waiting for you when you come back, loyal as ever. Remember, you’ll have lots of opportunities in the new year to wear in that party dress that begs to be taken out almost daily (even if you create the events yourself, I guarantee they’ll be there)!
A good way to tame such party dresses is to be honest with yourself. If wrestling with the decision of what to squash into the last little corner of your suitcase, consider which you’ll appreciate more when you actually get home…the warm, waterproof boots or a third very short and skimpy party dress?
Some might consider it rude to concentrate on what you’ll be wearing over Christmas over what you’re giving. I’m not saying that you have to put all your clothes money into the Christmas pot, or that it’s bad to treat yourself while shopping for others. I would just like to point out the inevitable nightmare scenario of realising you have to buy presents on Christmas Eve.
In recent years I have come to join the school of thought that last minute Christmas shopping is not a good idea. If you have already bought presents you’ll be creating room in your suitcase to bring some of yours back to university with you.
A great idea is January sale shopping for bargain staple pieces that are simple enough to keep using in next year’s seasons!
Looking at my ‘Christmas necklace’ (a metal red bow with red jewels) that I snapped up in a Topshop sale, along with items like my'Christmas Heels' that, surprisingly, are also red and sparkly are statement pieces that look great on their own, but can look tacky when cluttered!
The golden rule of accessorising at Christmas is of course: never, ever mistake tinsel for an acceptable accessory. Just because trees and mantle pieces can get away with it doesn't mean you can!
It’s all very well me sitting here and justifying a list of what I will take home with me: my long grey cardigan, red dress, Dorothy heels, checked purple puff-ball skirt dress with a bow on the front, tartan jacket like this green one. But the truth is that you can get away with mixing up fashions a lot more during the Christmas holidays than any other time of year.
Yes, I did buy a purple tartan checked children’s dress (with silvery bits in), but I reckon that’s OK, because according to the sizing guide I am still the height of a 14 year old.
The chances are that over most of Christmas you’ll be surrounded by family who either are too drunk or not ‘hip’ enough to notice that you’re pushing crazy outfits to the limit.
Above all, have fun this Christmas - kick back and enjoy the holidays. It won’t be long before we’ll all back religiously studying what’s on the Spring 2009 catwalk!
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