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December Dominique

“DEEEECEMBERRRRR!!!!” *screamed in Oprah voice…my favourite month of the year, mainly because it’s my birthday month. Heh heh. I welcome December, despite me hating the cold. It’s truly the most wonderful time of the year – Christmas parties, birthday celebrations for moi, spending time with friends and family as we celebrate this most loving of holidays.

One Christmas Party down, many more to go. Check out my first holiday look courtesy of Tobi
One Christmas Party down, many more to go. Check out my first holiday look courtesy of Tobi
Hangin’ with Haseeba and getting bombed by the cutest photobomber EVER.

Sunday night, I attended the Nordstrom Holiday Party with my girl Katrina. We shopped, we sipped, we danced and made friends with the tiniest and most adorable of photobombers.

Nordstrom’s private parties are always a sight to behold and very well-attended, so if you get an invite, you better bring it.

I wanted to look good, but comfortable too. Trust me, I’m very ok with sacrificing comfort for style – haha – but I had just finished driving five hours from Toronto and this Little Dom couldn’t bear the thought of anything too cinched, tight, cleavage-y, annoying, off-the-shoulder, fidget-worthy…you get it.

One Christmas Party down, many more to go. Check out my first holiday look courtesy of Tobi

Wading through my closet, I settled on a casual little black sweatshirt dress that I got from Tobi. Super soft and not restrictive in the least, it was perfect…except for one little thing: it’s criminally short. I normally pair it with jeans or leather leggings, but for the holiday party, I wore it with a favourite mini skirt from Sympli Clothing. The look was pretty hot! Not bad for an outfit that was thrown together in 5 minutes!

One Christmas Party down, many more to go. Check out my first holiday look courtesy of Tobi
One Christmas Party down, many more to go. Check out my first holiday look courtesy of Tobi

Sock boots have quickly become “a thing”, so I nabbed a cute pair from Aldo on Cyber Monday. These boots are the best Cyber Monday purchase ever. They were a total impulse buy, with me being drawn to the little “Love” message on the boot accompanied by red hearts. LOVE!!

One Christmas Party down, many more to go. Check out my first holiday look courtesy of Tobi
Katrina with the very cool Nordstrom staff – looking great, Derry!

The boots went over super well with people at the party and major bonus – they were pretty comfortable up until the third hour of me teetering around on the marble floors.

One Christmas Party down, many more to go. Check out my first holiday look courtesy of Tobi
Katrina of Oui C’est Chic with Dom
One Christmas Party down, many more to go. Check out my first holiday look courtesy of Tobi
Frosty the Snowman, was a jolly, happy soul…until being accosted by an errant shopper
One Christmas Party down, many more to go. Check out my first holiday look courtesy of Tobi

So, this is my first look of the Christmas Party season and I’m having fun pulling together more party-appropriate outfits for the flurry of events I have on the calendar. Speaking of which, Zara is KILLING IT in the party dress department.

What trends are you excited to where for the December party circuit?

*Thank you to Tobi for the dress in exchange for my honest opinion.

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Dominique Baker
Dominique Baker

Dominique is a Canadian-based fashion and beauty influencer with a strong voice in Ottawa’s black community. Since launching her blog Style Domination in 2015, she has amassed a global fanbase. Dominique shares her life through beautiful imagery and compelling story-telling that speaks to her fans on a personal level. She’s been featured in The Guardian, Flare, The Kit and Cityline. She also hosts events for Dress for Success, the Gem Conference, and has been named a United Way Person 2 Know for the past three years.

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23 Comments

  1. Cheryl AR
    December 5, 2017 / 10:10 am

    The sock boots!!! OMG, I bought an over the knee pair that are so adorable, but those are HOT HOT! Love the simple lines and embroidered love / heart on them. Can I steal that look? Yup, sure am LOL… I followed you on IG and Swissline to enter that nice giveaway 🙂

    Awesomely stunning my friend … Happy pre-birthday and happy holidays!

    • Dominique
      Author
      December 5, 2017 / 12:14 pm

      Thank you, doll! You are the best! You should nab a pair of those Aldo booties. They are super on sale!! And please – steal away! Hahah!

      • Cheryl AR
        December 5, 2017 / 1:46 pm

        They are in my cart! hahaha

  2. December 5, 2017 / 10:50 am

    Looks like so much fun! Your outfit is fabulous and I love your Gucci bag!!!

    XOXO
    Cathy

    • Cheryl AR
      December 5, 2017 / 11:52 am

      The Gucci bag is really lovely. Did you see her reveal of that bag on her Youtube channel? It was mesmerizing…

    • Dominique
      Author
      December 5, 2017 / 12:15 pm

      Oooh! Thank you, Cathy! You’re too kind! I love that little bag too. Amazingly versatile!

  3. Shelby
    December 5, 2017 / 11:09 am

    this event looked so fun! you looked fab!

    xo!
    Shelby

    • Dominique
      Author
      December 5, 2017 / 12:15 pm

      Thanks, Shelby!

  4. Ashley DTKAustin
    December 5, 2017 / 5:41 pm

    You look amazing!! Looks like such a fun event!! And can we talk about that Gucci?! LOVE!

    • Dominique
      Author
      December 5, 2017 / 8:41 pm

      Thanks, doll! I wanted that bag for a while! So happy I finally nabbed it!

  5. Sarah
    December 6, 2017 / 1:35 am

    I’m a December baby too! My most favorite month!

  6. Deb Savage
    December 6, 2017 / 9:12 am

    December is such an amazing month for us as well! That holiday party looks like it was so much fun.

    • Dominique
      Author
      December 6, 2017 / 4:29 pm

      Hey Debbie! The party was so fun!! Hope you are well, babe!

  7. Sandy a la Mode
    December 6, 2017 / 10:17 am

    This sounds like SUCH a fun time! I hope you had a blast – you looked so cute!

    • Dominique
      Author
      December 6, 2017 / 4:28 pm

      Heyyyy Tanvi! How are ya, girl! Thanks for the kind words!

  8. December 6, 2017 / 2:42 pm

    Awesome post! Love the outfits and all the colors!

    • Dominique
      Author
      December 6, 2017 / 4:28 pm

      Thank you so much, Tillie!

  9. December 7, 2017 / 11:17 pm

    Super cute dress. Love how you styled it with those boots!

  10. December 10, 2017 / 11:38 pm

    you look incredible!! What a fun holiday event!

    • Dominique
      Author
      December 11, 2017 / 8:42 pm

      Thanks so much, Lindsay!

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