A very emerald New Year: What to wear on NYE

You know your go-to blouse, wear-anywhere black dress, at-the-ready leather and office-to-party black booties you rely on for special occasions and holiday parties? That trusty outfit that you feel totally you in is about to get even better.

This New Year’s Eve, usher in 2013 withPantone’s color of the year — an energized emerald.

No need to invest in a precious gem to give your NYE date dress or girls night out-fit its bit of bright green.  Simply add one piece, from cocktail ring to collarless coat, to your well-loved clothes to give some extra gleam to that gorgeous body and superb style that are all your own.

Check out all my ideas for how to add emerald to the clothes you already have to match the look you love to rock -- up now on Sassafrass Says So on Babble Voices.