Party and holiday outfits

What to wear for the dates on the calendar: Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas parties, Mother's Day, prom, graduations and family gatherings. Every post is a set of complete outfits, from relaxed looks for a long day at the table to cocktail dresses for an evening party.

Holiday posts move to the homepage in the weeks before each date, and the filters above the posts sort them by season and dress code. Thanksgiving posts range from cozy knits for hosting to outfits you can wear to work that week; Christmas posts go from casual family days to cocktail parties.

Good places to start: Thanksgiving outfits for every plan, old money Christmas party outfits and Mother's Day outfit ideas.

For prom, the posts cover dresses, jewelry and shoes, including options you can still find at the last minute.

If an invitation names a dress code, such as cocktail or black tie optional, the dress code decoder explains what it means for the time of day and the season.