As the christmas season roles in with balls, dates, and anymore formal outings what should you wear? Well popular dresses is tight dark blue or red dresses with fur coats. You should embroder your entials in this dress on lace to be the most fashionable in the room. Gloves are very popular and should be made of silk. Wear stocking underneath the dress with popular patterns, and the color of the stockings should be black. Do not wear a hat out during a formal outing for it is very impractical and can ruin your hair, Many people will laugh if you show up wearing a hat to a formal dinner son dont! Look at the example of Mrs. Bones an the Minister of Magic's Christmas Ball who was talked about for weeks because of the rediculus idea to wear a pointed hat over her plaited hair. Just because of the hat people bagan to talk about how unfsahionable she was,It wasnt a garden party so seh shouldnt wear a hat, its quite rude. And then she took the hat off and her hair was in shreds with flyaways everywear.  If you wear a hat atleast use a spell on your hair! No one could take her serius and now she wont be invited to the highest parties in the wizarding world she used to be entittled to as the Chief Director Of The Magical Plants CAorp. Pansy Parkinson co designer to Cho Chang stated that the whole outfit was messy but the hat ontop ruined it all and she ended up looking like Molly Weasly after taking care of 7 kids! So dont wear a hat just dont. But for headpieces you should wear a net covering your bun for it is very fashionable. popular in gold and silver. If you are at a ball wear a long dress covering your shoes if you are at a dinner it should go to your knee and at a date wear a short dress to your thigh. It doesnt matter if they can see your shoes or they cant it should always match the outfit. You dont want to be seen wearing flats when steeping out of your car or dancing. Popular shoe styles for a formal settings is metal colored high heels usally 4-6 inches. Having tall shoes is very popular nowdays. Popular neckline cuts is a v-line or one that covers your neck. do not wear one that is straps for it means you are poor and lazy. For jewlery wear matching colors with the person your going with and a popular look is wearing a oicture of your lovers eye on a necklace or bracelet, a popular trend in the regency era coming back. You should wear litttle to no makeup becouse that means you are untrue and hiding something. Even the teenagers who are gothic dont wear makeup! You want to be seen as clean and fresh. Onto hairdos popula hairdos is always up, in a modest bun or extragent braid. try to keep your up to keep it clean and out of the way. Bangs are very unpopular along with short hair. Curly your hair if its not up is very popular. Another style of dresses is teacup wiht poofy sleeves with the color red and a box hat, this style takes us back in time to the 50's . Wear minumuim jewlery with this look but I recomend not wearing this to a ball.