Click through for the chicest trimmings you'll see this season, some DIY inspiration, and a poll that might split your office fashion enthusiasts in two!
Inspiration: "The life and times of the iconic Karl Lagerfeld — but seriously, if we take away the tailored suit, sunglasses, and all the bling, he would be perfectly casted for a fashionista's version of A Christmas Carol's Ebenezer Scrooge!"
Steps you took and length of completion: "Cotton balls, cotton balls, and more cotton balls! Oh, and a major black magic marker. 1 hour."
If your ornament could talk it would say: "Always HANG with the with coolest in the world...or tree!"
Inspiration: "Hanukkah and YSL (its my fave logo)."
Steps you took and length of completion:"....I don't wanna talk about it."
If your ornament could talk it would say:"Let me see you twirl."
Steps you took and length of completion: "It took about 6 hours. I first made the sleigh out of cardboard, covered it in glitter, then I modeled the figures out of polymer clay and baked them, then painted them, and put everything together."
If your ornament could talk it would say:"Your ornament was nice — last year."
DIY by Lisa Eppich
Photographed by Shanita Sims
Santa Claus is Comin' to Fashion
Steps you took and length of completion: "About 20 minutes. I printed out the Oscar de la Renta look and a mini-santa hat, cut them out, glued them together, and added cotton to the hat to add a little something extra."
If your ornament could talk it would say:"It wouldn't talk, it would sing x-mas songs."
DIY by Christy Kurtz
Steps you took and length of completion: "Making teeny-tiny wire hangers, 10 - 15 min; Folding paper into clothes (and brushing up on my origami skills via Youtube): 15 min."
If your ornament could talk it would say:"It'd burst into song 'Mele Kalikimaka..'."
Photographed by Shanita Sims
Inspiration: "The queen of fashion of course, McQueen."
Steps you took and length of completion: "All in all this took less that 10 minutes.
I used spray glue to attach the gold leaf flakes. I also used glue to attach the feathers in a pattern I liked, then glued them to the bottom of the orb."
If your ornament could talk it would say: "I think the message is clear. There better be some McQueen under this tree as well. A girl can dream can't she?"
Inspiration: "Usually Christmas trees have stars on top, so ours needed the fashion equivalent — a glittery gold Chanel symbol."
Steps you took and length of completion: "30 minutes. I printed out a Chanel symbol, cut it out, and used it as a stencil on glitter paper then made the cone out of the same glitter paper."
If your ornament could talk it would say: "a tree should be two things: classy and fabulous!"
Inspiration: "Missoni print!"
Steps you took and length of completion: "I got a plain globe ornament and painted it with acrylic metallic paint from a craft store. Ta da! It took about 25 mins."
If your ornament could talk it would say: "What's Target?"
Inspiration: "Versace's Crocodile Leather Handbag. Did I just write that!?"
Steps you took and length of completion:
"I cut thin straps of croc stamped paper and curved the edges to the center to form a delicate snowflake ornament. ALL MORNING."
If your ornament could talk it would say:
"Don't touch the leather!!!"
Steps you took and length of completion: "First I painted the ornament silver, then bejeweled and let dry."
If your ornament could talk it would say: "The shinier the better, dahling!"
Steps you took and length of completion: "What, this old thing? Just a bunch of (real life) cutting and pasting."
If your ornament could talk it would say: "Colorful, not colored fur!"