SOLDIER-ON
SHOES
After back-to-back plans,
when your feet are not in
a good place and you aren’t
even hungover, just over it,
these orthopaedic-chic,
glittered Miu Mius are your
guaranteed mood-booster.
Because comfort and
sparkles can coexist.100 ELLE AUSTRALIA
THE
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MANUALPARTY
Sandals, $830, Miu Miu, (02) 9223 1688YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD
FOR GLITTERY EYES
AS SEEN AT BURBERRY
AW16-17, A STARRY-EYED
SURPRISE CAN LEND
ITSELF TO UNDENIABLY
GOOD TIMES. MAKEUP
ARTIST WENDY ROWE,
WHO CREATED THE LOOK,
SAYS THE KEY IS TO USE
OVERSIZED GLITTER AND
DUST IT ON HAPHAZARDLY.
SHINE BRIGHT.HOW TO NOT GET DRUNK AT THE WORK CHRISTMAS PARTY
Because Debbie from HR has her eye on you after last year’s blowout...WE KNOW WHAT YOU’RE
THINKING: DO I REALLY HAVE
TO GO TO MY WORK SHINDIG?
Can’t I just organise Friday night
drinks with the people I actually
like? The truth is you should
go – if only for an hour. The
higher-ups went to the trouble of
organising the party as a thank
you for your hard work, so it’s
best to front up and smile along,
get noticed by the right people,
then ghost when the sales guys
start obnoxiously shouting their
drinks orders across the room.BUT IF YOU ARE KEEN TO GET
AMONGST IT, or decide after
an hour it’s really not so bad,
you want to ensure you don’t go
too hard, too fast. By all means,
end up eating a Vietnamese pork
roll in the gutter at 3am (the
booze is free, after all), just make
sure if you’re one of the staffers
crossing over into “turnt
territory”, you’re not leading the
pack. That way, your drunken
antics will be far overshadowed
by the state of Becky with the
arancini crumbs in her hair.TO MAINTAIN COMPOSURE IN
THE FACE OF ALL THAT BOOZE,
we asked Charlie Lehmann, who
runs Sydney’s Ramblin Rascal
Tavern, for his tips. “Assuming
the drinks on offer are sauv
blanc, shiraz, Tooheys New and
Corona, don’t dive head-on into
the shiraz. It’s an end-of-evening
drink, or something my mum
drinks at 6pm on Christmas
arvo.” Start with the lighter stuff:
beer or a white. And don’t feel
obliged to down shots when
your boss whips out her Amex.A FEW PARTING SAGE PIECES
OF WISDOM... Always check
yourself before you leave the
bathroom, lest you be known
as the girl who trailed toilet
paper through the venue
for the whole of 2017. Don’t
let the guy from the mail room
hit on you. And never, ever
be the last to leave. ]
Hey Mum, try this on Christmas Day instead.
Time & Place Dry White, $13,
Evans & Tate, evansandtate.com.auPigment in Silver
Fog, $39, M.A.C,
maccosmetics.com.au