PAPER CREATIONS: MATTHEW SPOROZYNSKI. ADDITIONAL REPORTING: KATHERINE YOSHIDA

MOTHER OF INVENTION

Stand out at your next

holiday soirée: Look beyond

the little-black-dress staple.

Reinvent yourself.

Just

channel Heather Armstrong

of popular life-as-a-mom

blog Dooce.com. She’s made

a name (and a living!) by

injecting her signature

humor into mundane

moments of domestic life— ^

in a one-of-a-kind way.

BY KELLY L. PHILLIPS

PHOTOS DAVID A. LAND

STYLING JOHNNY LICHTENSTEI

SET DESIGN AND PROP STYLING MARCUS HAY

FOR PAT BATES & ASSOC.

A pantsuit is far from frumpy in material this festive

—it literally glitters in the light. And it’ll mesh

seamlessly with the cocktail crowd. Crepe jacket,

Talbots, $199; talbots.com. Crepe ankle pants,

Talbots, $149; talbots.com. Sleeveless sequin top,

Charlotte Russe, $23; at Charlotte Russe stores. Blair

pumps, Charles Jourdan, $200; zappos.com. One drop

leaf clip earrings, Kenneth Jay Lane, $30; 877/953-5264

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS | DECEMBER 2010 | BHG.COM