The festive period is filled with celebrations. The season kicks off with events like the office Christmas party and Christmas Eve socialising, builds to Christmas Day and then crescendos with New Year’s Eve. In other words, New Year’s Day is the mother of all hangovers (metaphorically and not so). For most, it’s the last day before work and a return to reality after a couple of weeks joyfully socialising and saying yes to second helpings and one more mince pie. 

If you’re feeling a little worse for wear or just not quite ready to accept your usual year-round wardrobe and want to instead, continue to favour comfort and cosiness, this edit of essentials is the perfect tonic to the night before.

REINVENTED SPORTS-LUXE STAPLES

Comfy loungewear that doesn’t inspire any judging glances from partners, parents, or offspring. With AM-PM versatility, our sports-luxe styles elevate loungewear to new heights and don’t make you choose between comfort suited to a day at home and a polished finish for outdoor socialising. 

With a roll-top waistband and flattering wide-leg silhouette, our original Perfect Simplicity Ponte Palazzo Pant is a ME+EM staple. As it was one of the first styles to fill our collections, we’ve had plenty of time to tweak and perfect their fit and find the perfect ponte-jersey tailoring to craft them from. The material has good shape retention and a soft hand feel, as well as a smart finish that has just as much appeal outside the house as it does when you’re not moving from the sofa.

Transforming a familiar staple into a luxe wardrobe essential, our Cord Velour Jogger elevates the athleisure classic with soft velour in two dark, saturated hues and falls to deep cuffs. Fitting close to your ankles, they complement your snuggliest slippers at home and neatly tuck into chunky ankle boots when you’re braving the cold. With the same sofa-to-city-streets versatility, our Velour Cord Wide-Leg Jumpsuit + Belt combines luxurious tactility with a flattering design and comfortable cut. 


For a head-to-toe solution, our Velour Cord Wide-Leg Jumpsuit + Belt ticks off a whole list of intelligent design details. It’s topped with a zipped neckline and detailed with an optional belt to emphasise your waist. The comfortable wide-leg silhouette is universally flattering and can be styled with both trainers and loafers as well as heels to lift the hems off the floor. 

LUXURIOUSLY SOFT PYJAMAS

The easiest solution to beating post-Christmas and New Year blues: a final watch of your favourite festive film, a feast of leftovers, a random array of chocolate gift boxes, and luxuriously soft pyjamas that add a sense of occasion to Christmas loungewear.

Featuring a playful troop of illustrated monkeys printed in a combination of deep mulberry and bright purple, this pyjama set’s pure silk fabric is crafted following a manufacturing process that incorporates sustainability practices, including water conservation efforts and efficient use of non-renewable and renewable energy. The same print also covers an eye mask that is the perfect bed partner when you’re seeking a little post-lunch shuteye.

COSY KNITS

If a cosy sensation was to be summarised by any single sartorial word, knitwear would be it. In everything from high to V-neck silhouettes, relaxed and more fitted cuts, luxuriously soft yarns and a spectrum of designs, our jumpers and hoodies are the cosiest of companions on days when comfort takes precedence.

A relaxed cut with extra-long sleeves that can be turned up to accommodate different arm lengths, our Merino Cashmere Mouline Trim V-Neck Jumper is roomy enough to layer over an insulating roll-neck knit if you’re in need of extra warmth. If your plans involve little more than moving between the sofa and the kitchen, team with our aforementioned palazzo pants, a pair of our snuggly cashmere socks, and our Cashmere Stripe Throw. A tour de force of our key collection colours and a year-round staple, it’s shaped to generous proportions and is the perfect travel companion if your day involves a journey home. With the same versatility, our Cashmere Relaxed Layering Hoody has an irresistibly soft hand feel and features a silver-toned zip to switch between an open, cardigan-style finish and a classic hoody one. Bulk-free, it seamlessly slots in under cosy coats if the day holds at least one outdoor excursion.

Satisfying print magpies, our Merino Cashmere Modern Argyle Jumper boasts a bold segment of a traditional argyle pattern over its high-neck silhouette. Joyfully embracing bold colour and cosy knitwear in a head-to-toe ensemble, our Merino Cashmere Skirt Co-ord brings together a high-neck jumper and ribbed skirt all crafted from a blend of merino wool and cashmere.

COMFORTABLE DRESSES

Luxurious softness that accommodates warming base layers. These dresses play just as integral roles in cold-weather looks as insulating jumpers and have the same easy fit and comfort as your loungewear favourites.

Readying your wardrobe for your return to work while indulging your last-day-of-the-holidays impulses, our Ponte Eyelet Long Sleeve Wrap Maxi Dress + Belt is topped with a neat V-neckline signed off with a classic collar that complements layering over roll-neck tops. Emphasise your waist by cinching in the belt or secure it a little more loosely for a relaxed drape and team it with a pair of round-toe leather boots. 

With the same layering versatility, our Merino Cashmere Sleeveless Swing Dress + Snood features details synonymous with our intelligently designed knitwear like the detachable snood and sleeveless silhouette that seamlessly lines up alongside long-sleeved base layers. Crafted in Italy from a blend of merino wool and cashmere, it can be styled as either a short dress or a flattering tunic over base layers with dramatic long sleeves or decorative ruffle trims.

DUVET-LIKE COATS

Parting with your duvet in the morning is such sweet sorrow, but at one point or another, the time will come to greet the 1st day of 2023 bleary or bright-eyed. When it does, turn to cosy outerwear with duvet-like softness. 

With sustainable credentials, our Re:Down Nylon Puffer Coat is filled with recycled down and feathers extracted from post-consumer goods and topped with a cosy hood detailed with both drawstring closures and an adjustable tab at the back to perfect the fit and stop it from falling awkwardly over your eyes. Fitted with welcome padding to combat the cold, the side panels are filled less to avoid adding bulk and retain a flattering finish.