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Where do I find a top like this for myself?© ALBUM/ALAMY

Iconic fashion from 7 classic Christmas films to inspire your wardrobe

From Martha May in her Grinch-approved blue dressing gown to the Mean Girls Jingle Bell Rock ensembles, our winter wardrobe has never been more inspired...

Orion Scott
Fashion Features Writer
Updated: November 7, 2024
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No matter the season, movies have defined the world of fashion for as long as we can remember. From Wednesday Adams’ quaintly cute peplum collars to Anne Hathaway’s Chanel boots in The Devil Wears Prada, few movie outfits have the ability to live rent-free in our heads, but those few that do are as iconic as can be. 

Because it ‘tis the season in just a few weeks, we take a look back at some of our favourite fashion moments from a few Christmas classics which changed the way we dress for the colder weather. 

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This look is the definition of chic© Instagram

Martha May Whovier: The Grinch

Each and every winter season our goal is to channel Martha May Whovier in her floor-length baby blue dressing gown complete with white fluff fringe and a set of pearls. We have yet to find a replica as grand as Martha’s but when we do we will be sure to personally share it with each and every one of you. Perfect for almost every festive event, shopping trip, soirée or supermarket trip, Martha's dreamy coat is the epitome of cosy-chic.

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I bet Kate McCallister is on The Row's moodbaord© 20th Century Studios

Kate McCallister: Home Alone

For what she lacks in remembering where her children are, she makes up for in iconically oversized coats. A favourite for the whole H! Fashion team, and now top of our search history is this caramel brown number she wore whilst on the phone at JFK airport, paired with a swooping side part and gold jewellery.

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Where do I find a top like this for myself?© ALBUM/ALAMY

Juliet: Love Actually

Nobody does festive dressing quite like Keira Knightley’s character Juliet in the cult classic, Love Actually. It was hard to choose between the scene where she wore the baker boy denim cap and the one where she opens the door to "carol singers" wearing an off-the-shoulder white knit. As you can see, the carol singer scene won, mainly because there’s something so understatedly chic about wearing a white knit off-the-shoulder crop top with a pair of low-rise jeans.

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Pink and red is an underrated colour combo © Pinterest

Jovie: Elf

Despite being a costume, there's something about this baby pink, fluffy fringed dress that tickles our fashion-loving brains in all the right ways. Perhaps it's the baby pink texture paired with the red tights? Or maybe we just have a thing for fluffy fringing? Whatever it may be, Zooey Deschanel’s final outfit in Elf is categorically cute.

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Even the bow belts are iconic© Paramount

The Plastics: Mean Girls

The jury is still out on whether or not this is a Christmas movie or not, but for the sake of this article, we're officially coining it one. We can’t deny that both the colour red and feathers are very on trend right now and are certified Christmas sleighs. We can imagine wearing the red tank tops from the iconic Jingle Bell Rock scene, with a pair of black trousers and a matching blazer and black heels. Don’t pretend you can’t see it too.

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Cosy core never looked so cute © Shutterstock

Lucy Eleanor Moderatz: While You Were Sleeping

As far as cosy knits go, Sandra Bullock's character Lucy in the 1995 hit While You Were Sleeping takes the cake. In almost every scene she is dressed in a grey chunky crew neck, or wrapped up in a beanie, scarf, coat and jumper whilst out and about in the blustery NYC air. We wouldn't change a thing about this perfectly ‘off-duty’ look, as it’s so subtly chic, we simply couldn't compete.

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Amanda Woods will forever and always be my style muse© Columbia Pictures

Amanda Woods: The Holiday

Obviously, Amanda Woods had to be on the list as she changed the way we look at winter fashion forever. All of Cameron Diaz’s looks in the film were nothing short of chic, but our particular favourite has to be her shearling brown coat, white turtleneck and wrap-around sunglasses ensemble. Luckily for us, wrap-around sunglasses are back in fashion thanks to the Y2K resurgence and charity shops seem to be filled to the brim with coats just like this. We would say that the hardest piece of the outfit to replicate would be the Amanda Woods attitude.

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