The time of egg nog, Christmas lights, last-minute gift shopping, latkes, and celebrations is upon us. While the holiday parties are all about togetherness and honoring the festivities, they can also be a great opportunity to have fun with your jewelry styling when you’re dressing up.
When you’re planning your holiday party outfits this season, don’t forget to open up your jewelry box. After all, 14k gold jewelry looks its best in the soft glow of the fireplace at your neighborhood holiday gathering. Lab-grown diamonds truly dazzle alongside the lights of a Christmas tree. And timeless birthstone jewelry sparkles in the menorah candlelight.
If you’re wondering what jewelry to wear to a holiday party, start with what’s already in your collection. You can get creative by mixing and matching metals, combining gemstones, and layering up a holiday jewelry look that gets you in the spirit.
Check out our holiday jewelry style guide for tips on what to wear for different celebrations. And if you’re looking for some new jewelry to wear this season, we’re sure to have your fit for stylish jewelry online!
Holiday Party Jewelry Looks by Occasion
Different parties may have their own vibes and dress codes that can influence what you’ll pick for your holiday party jewelry. Whether you need to keep it low-key or you’re going all out with your holiday season style, we have jewelry pairings that can fit any event.
Keep in mind that while these tips can help inspire your looks, you can always take any approach that resonates with your style. There are no exact rules when it comes to expressing yourself through jewelry, so you should always pick looks that help you feel your best! Still, the following tips can give you some ideas for your holiday jewelry style.
Work Parties
Usually, work Christmas parties and holiday events are a little more subdued in their attire. You’re likely not going all-out black-tie formal for your job’s holiday party, so your jewelry can go in any direction you’d like.
For a chic workplace look, pair a Grand Baguette Necklace with a Basquiat Bar Bracelet in a matching metal. You can even have your bracelet engraved with your initials, birth date, a favorite saying, or any of our other jewelry engraving ideas. If you’d like to add earrings and rings to the look, you may want to keep it streamlined with studs and stacking rings.
Family Gatherings
Whether it’s unwrapping gifts in front of the tree or celebrating Thanksgiving, there are plenty of family gatherings to enjoy during the holidays. It can be fun to lean into storytelling with your jewelry style at these family events.
Start your holiday season style for family events with any heirloom jewelry in your collection. Maybe it’s your mom’s old pendant, your great grandmother’s earrings, or even a jewelry gift your dad got you a few years ago (or maybe even when you were a kid!). Wearing these family pieces to your gatherings can show your loved ones how much you cherish them and the jewelry that reminds you of them.
Make this jewelry the center of your look, but pair it with other pieces that also speak to you. This can look like wearing a Silver Toi et Moi Necklace alongside a chain that your mom wore when she was younger, stacking a Slim Signet Ring next to your grandpa’s pinky ring, or starting a wrist stack that pairs a customized My Garden Bracelet with a Dainty Paperclip Chain Bracelet.
When it comes to holiday jewelry styling for family gatherings, it can be fun and meaningful to pair existing pieces from your family with jewelry from your own collection. This approach honors your loved ones and still shows off your style.
Events with Friends
From Friendsgiving to New Year’s Eve, there are tons of holiday events that are usually shared with friends. You can and should have fun with your holiday jewelry style for these celebrations. Consider building looks like:
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The Neckmess that features a Charm Holder Necklace with unique charms that tell your story. Pick at least 3 charms that showcase your hobbies, interests, birthday, or even favorite songs. You can also add a Round Box Chain in a different metal for extra texture and visual contrast.
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The Holiday Gemstones Cluster where you combine birthstone jewelry to showcase the colors of the holiday. This can look like pairing two Aura Birthstone Confetti Rings with Forest Emerald for May and Subtle Ruby for July to make a classic red and green combination. Or maybe it’s White Sapphire Leaflet Stud Earrings worn alongside a Midnight Sapphire Aura Birthstone Hoops and Ring Set for a festive blue and white look.
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The Radiant Rings look that features stacking rings on multiple fingers for maximalist style. Start with a Rhone Band, stack on a Toi et Moi Birthstone Ring, and top it with a Flow Ring.
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The Silver Bells Style that builds on this classic metal with a more is more approach. Build out a sterling silver set with pieces like our Silver Moonstruck Ring, Ophelia Hoops, 90s-inspired Medallion & Suede Cord Necklace, a Harmony Bracelet, and a few Adria Rings in contrasting textures. (Hint: add a new Adria ring to your holiday wish list each year to slowly grow your stack.)
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The Customized Cutie look that highlights truly personalized jewelry pieces from our collections. Add our Handwriting Necklace, Memoire Ring, and Flora Mila Bracelet to your look for pieces that are uniquely you.
Of course, you can also mix and match pieces and styles from all these looks to curate your holiday party jewelry wardrobe. When you’re choosing our personalized designs, make sure to order with enough time for holiday delivery on custom orders and get creative with your engravings.
Formal Events
When it comes to holiday season style for formal events, you can still have fun with your look! If it’s a celebration with a particularly strict dress code, keep it simple with classics in matching metals and gemstones. If you’d like to add a touch of contrast to a formal Christmas party look, add a single ruby piece to your ensemble. Daintier designs are often perfect for subtler style at formal events.
Holiday Jewelry Styling by Look
If you’d rather plan your look by personality than celebration type, consider these jewelry personality types and what pieces speak to them. Move over Myers-Briggs, it’s time for the holiday jewelry style personality types to shine!
The Maximalist Collector
You love a good jewelry collection, but yours is never done. You know that the more jewelry you wear, the more fun you have. Build your holiday season jewelry look with pieces like:
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The Birth Flower Necklace that’s hand-stamped with the flower of your choosing. (Hint: this necklace looks great layered!)
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A Thames Pinky Ring that can be personalized with your initials, birthdate, or other sweet symbolism.
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The Mariko Bracelet for an instant wrist stack with textural contrasts.
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A pair of Contour Convertible Hoops that give contrasting style and eye-catching presence.
The Timeless Trendsetter
Yes, trends and timelessness can pair well together when you know how to curate your look. You know that some trends are more than a momentary craze, and you know what jewelry looks good now and will look great in the future. Put together your holiday look with jewelry like:
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The White Sapphire Medallion Earrings that bring east-west settings and oval gemstones together in a classic look.
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A Thin Cuff Bracelet for a soft whisper of shine that goes with everything.
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The Solid Gold Shared Heart Necklace, because love stories (and 10k solid gold) are always in style.
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A Pearl Bubble Ring with unique shapes and contrasts.
The Subtly Queen
For you, soft style is the name of the game. You know that a statement piece doesn’t have to scream to make an impression. Your holiday jewelry styling guide includes:
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Solid Gold Grand Baguette Birthstone Studs in gentle birthstone shades for easy styling.
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Shimmer Chain Ring in durable 10k gold, with a soft presence that’s perfect for stacking or wearing on its own.
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Birth Flower Necklace with a birthstone you can choose for its symbolism or simply because you like its color.
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Dainty Heart Bracelet that reminds you to cherish the love and joy of the season.
FAQs About Holiday Jewelry Styling
What jewelry should you wear at a work Christmas party?
There are no exact rules about what jewelry to wear to a holiday party at work. You should focus on pieces that match your style and the formality of the event.
Can you layer jewelry for a holiday party?
Yes, you can absolutely layer your holiday party jewelry. If you’re new to layering, start by pairing pieces in matching metals for effortless stacking. But if you’re ready to play around with your look, go for mixed metal holiday jewelry pieces.
Does the jewelry need to match the holiday party outfit?
No, your holiday jewelry style doesn’t have to perfectly match your outfit. You should focus on picking pieces and designs that you’ll enjoy wearing.
What jewelry pieces are people wearing to holiday parties?
This season, people are picking jewelry that expresses their personal style. This includes gold, silver, and vermeil jewelry with custom designs, unique gemstones, and even stacked looks.
Can you wear mixed metal jewelry to an event?
Yes, you can wear mixed metal jewelry to any event! There are no exact rules, so you should have fun with your holiday season style.
Making Holiday Jewelry Styles Unique
This year, we’re celebrating the joy of the moment, the fun of being together, the love of the season, and the excitement that comes with being authentic to ourselves. We’re not sticking to old, dusty jewelry rules.
We’re mixing metals and gemstones with semi-formal outfits. We’re wearing lariats over turtlenecks. We’re stacking rings on fingers right next to each other. We’re wearing our charm necklace jumble with jeans and an old T-shirt to brunch.
We’re singing loudly at the Christmas party karaoke machine. We’re stacking earrings, even if our hair is down. We’re laughing without hiding our smiles. And we’re toasting the warmth of the season.
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