Following in the footsteps of our Anglo-Saxon neighbors, the Christmas sweater has gone beyond the trend to become, little by little, a tradition in France. Originally, wearing one was totally tacky (remember the famous Christmas sweater worn by Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones's Diary), but today it's a trendy phenomenon! This year, the International Day of the Ugly Christmas Sweater takes place on December 15, 2023. The Fashion Police will have to watch out!
Don't delay in warning your friends and colleagues who may have forgotten: this 3rd Friday in December will be the style purge par excellence! It's a crucial day on which lapses in taste are highly recommended! And the good thing is that there's something for everyone, so to help you choose, discover our top 10 ugly sweaters for Christmas 2023 to buy in Paris and the Ile-de-France region, sorted by decreasing degree of ugliness:
The Golden Palm of bad taste: the LIDL Christmas Sweater
It meets all the criteria for a place on the ugly podium: the brightly-colored attitude, the well-realized kitsch and the "100% acrylic" material that will ruffle the hair on your head at the slightest friction. Enjoy!
Price: €11.99
The height of ridiculousness: the PSG Christmas Sweater
If someone in the office has a grudge against you, now's the time to take it out on your belly! A set of scratch balls, supplied with this marvel, will hook straight onto the velcro targets at the front and back, around a tricolored Santa, resolutely kéké.
Price: €70
To be or not to be ugly, that is the question: the NBA Christmas Sweater
The NBA has outdone itself again this year with its Christmas sweaters! Oklahoma city thunder, Atlanta hawks, not forgetting the Chicago Bulls, this is the ideal model to play it BG, or not! If fan jerseys usually look great, you'll be a little out of your league in this one. At worst, it'll keep you warm, at best you'll win the trophy for ugliest Christmas sweater!
Price: €44
The kitsch couple: Gémo matching Christmas sweaters
It's good to be ridiculous, but matching is even better! Little body, big head - that's the whole concept behind these ugly Christmas sweaters. Anti-stylish and a tad dorky, some might say "Oh, how sweet they are!". Don't believe them!
Price: €24.99 for a men's sweater and €29.99 for a women's sweater (currently on sale at €17.99 and €19.99).
The old-fashioned classic: the Primark Christmas Sweater
The least we can say is that Primark didn't mess around this time! Bombarded with all-over patterns, the Irish brand's Christmas sweater is hypnotizing and almost dizzying. Plan on an ophthalmologist's budget!
Price: €17
Stylish but not too stylish: the Star Wars Pull&Bear Christmas Sweater
We're going over to the dark side of fashion here with this Star Wars Christmas sweater nugget! The cuddly little Mandalorian is lost amid an unsightly interstellar landscape of red, black and maroon, colors that are often unloved when combined.
Price: €35.99
Not very tasteful: the Tezenis Christmas Sweater
The Tezenis Christmas Sweater is far from the worst! As kitsch as it gets, the general Christmas Mood is saved by the cute spirit of the gingerbread man. Cucu la praline, but not the ugliest!
Price: €25.99
It doesn't kill you to be cheesy: the Sergent Major Christmas Sweater
Seen over and over again, this namby-pamby sweater in jacquard knit will appeal to the most nostalgic! Remember your primary school photos... It's pretty much the same idea! If you wore them, you wouldn't even know you were wearing them! Admittedly, the motifs are cute, but there's no need to push Granny into the nettles! The best part? You can take your little ones along with you, as this model is also available in children's sizes.
Price: €29.99
I-co-ni-que-ment ugly: CELIO Christmas Sweaters
CELIO models look like crazy collector's Christmas sweaters! Naruto, Rick and Morty, The Grinch or Pikachu, the designs are fun and well thought-out to delight aficionados of cartoons and animated series, but not only! Pop culture is also increasingly finding its way into the world of luxury, and today it would be no surprise to see one of these three sweaters elevated to the status of a trendy piece in a sportswear look.
Price: €35.99 each
Category: Kiabi Christmas Sweaters
With Kiabi Christmas sweaters, you're almost out of the game! The knits are trendy and fun, perfect for giving yourself an "I participated in the ugly Christmas sweater" kind of look without overdoing it! You're not really getting wet on this one, and that's just as well, because the pieces are really cool, in the fashion sense as well as the figurative.
Price: €15 each
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