YOU always want to use the best occasion to showcase your most striking dress, accessories, handbags and shoes. Now the chance is coming your way. There is no better moment than Christmas Eve to put on a dazzling look.

If the dazzling dress were a building, what would it be? It would be an ostentatious, shiny monument to the power of imagination and glamour. The best kind of attire is clothes that are allowed to exist for delight and pleasure alone. This indulgent concept only seems to be meaningful in Christmas Eve fashion.

Fashion and style come with great waves but with little things. It might start with a shoe, a surprising necklace or a way of fastening a cardigan. No matter if you are an extrovert or an introvert, traditional or trendy, simplicity is not the right vogue during this festive season. Artistic decoration is a necessity, as it is about the joy of being able to play and exhibit the most sexy and wild side. The fashion mood is also deliberately decorative and ornate.

The festival dresses vary dramatically, from the beaded and fringed dress, the draped evening gowns to the classic little black dress. The lovely dresses such as the A-line check patterned miniskirts are still in vogue when matched with a stylish, long boot. Most others sit either a few inches above the knee or hit the floor.

If you want to take on a mature and noble look, you can pull the fabric around the body's curves to a sinewy and slinky effect, which is typical to the long classical gowns. Remember using fur as a key element to add to your charm on Christmas Eve. A fur collar, a fur coat or fur cappa, put any of them on your wardrobe list if you still have not bought one. There is no other item than fur that can express luxury vogue delights.

For the truly stylish youngsters, there is something more to try. When it's a skirt and a top, the feel is still the pulled-together and ceremonial feel of the dress. Use two or three pieces to maximize the opportunity to overgild. If it seems that prints and textures might jar, the likelihood is that they will work brilliantly. For instance, a bronze tunic just goes perfectly with a black-ribboned skirt.

The silhouette, then and now, is restrained and streamlined, hinting at excess beneath its pared-down lines. Colors like gold, bright red, black with jewelry details are the best to make you stand out.

An element of fun and excess is key and the mood is self-consciously decadent. Consider something unexpected - perhaps a jacket made entirely of marabou feathers or a chiffon evening dress tangled with countless beads, because you may never have the courage to try them at other times. Jewelry is angular but sleek and an integral item. You can play with a cocktail ring or a heavy brooch, or a choker-effect necklace to cater to different dressing styles. A whimsical touch, a leopard-print belt, a jewel-pasted cuff, a wide satin bow is good. Just choose a treasured bag that makes you forget it could ever be useful.

Editor: Wing