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What to wear on New Year's Eve — wherever you're going

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Don’t panic over your last outfit of 2023, here's our guide to every style move you could make wherever you're heading this New Year's Eve. If in doubt, just add some glitz and a swipe of lipstick.

The black tie bash

BLACK TIE (ES)

Sodalite dress, £365, Ganni, Harlow pump, £440, Dearfrances, 1990s vintage clip on earrings, £45, Susan Caplan Frame Granny purse, £215, Viviennewestwood, L’aura choker, £950, Alighieri

Sometimes a might seem like a bit of a bore, but you can at least feel smug in the face of those sad souls on Instagram we see suffering the indignity of “fancy” dress. Anyway, who doesn’t want an excuse to get fully glammed up? You might not have scored an invitation to this year’s Fashion Awards, but hey, we can all make our own red carpets’ right? This is the spirit in which you should embrace a head to toe look with no compromises. A full skirted satin maxi dress - yes. Coordinate your accessories for full marks, this isn’t the time to mix and match with off-kilter quirks. This, in the words of Love Actually's Martine McCutcheon, is your moment. 

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