Help me find a lovely dress for SIL's wedding

[PinkAndGlittery]

It's a fairly relaxed ceremony, in a garden in August. DH is best man so I want to look nice, but not too formal. I'm size 8-10, size DD boobs, 5"7, long chestnut hair, good legs. Budget about £500 but can go over if its something I can wear again and again . Colours that look good are cream, greys, blues, purples and greens. Red and pink look awful on me so stay away from those! Your help would much appreciated!

[PinkAndGlittery]

Forgot to mention, already have these shoes which I'll probably wear!

[pink4ever]

If you can afford to spend £500 on a dress and £700 for a dress then not sure you need our help.

[pink4ever]

£700 for shoes

[corlan]

Primark has some lovely things at the moment.

[ggirl]

i like this

[Ruprekt]

nice with the shoes



some of you lot are soooooooooooo bitchy.

Just because OP has money to spend why can she not ask for some advice?

[Ruprekt]

pretty

way over budget but would go with the shoes

[pink4ever]

Becausae op is boasting by stealth and it it tedious(plus if I had £700 to spend on shoes wouldnt buy those tacky shag me,wag ones)

[Ruprekt]

over budget but lovely

[BabyReindeer]

I'm not jealous of you having £700 shoes, OP, but I am jealous of you being size 8-10, DD long chestnut hair and great legs! Anyway, to be constructive I tried to find some pictures of the Lily Allen "Lucy in disguise" new collection that was picutred in the Sunday Times Style magazine today - the clothes looked lovely, vintage inspired and pretty - just the thing for a wedding. The most elaborate of the dresses were £350 ish.

[ColonelBrandonsBiggestGroupie]

Those shoes will be a pita in a garden - you need wedges.

[Ruprekt]

Very Bitchy Pink!

'tacky shag me,wag ones' in your opinion. OP didn't ask if you liked them.

Why be so cutting with your comments?

[QuickLookBusy]

Agree the shoes will be a nightmare to walk around a garden. They will end up getting grass stained too.

[pink4ever]

Because the op is up her own arse? I mean who the fuck describes themselves as having "chestnut hair". Think you mean brown dearie.

[Ruprekt]

Time of the month pink4ever????

[Ruprekt]

wedges might be better

[pink4ever]

No ruprekt I dont need any excuse to be a bitch.

[Ruprekt]

--reminds-self-not-to-get-on-wrong-side-of-pink4ever-

[Ruprekt]

reminds-self-not-to-get-on-wrong-side-of-pink4ever

bum

[harpfairy]

usual MN reverse snobbery, some nasty comments here. This is style and beauty, not AIBU, reel in your jealousy!
Quite nice myself I would head to a department store, or Matches, DvF, somewhere like that and try on with that budget. I'm watching with interest as would like a nice dress for my cousin's wedding too.

[whoneedssleepanyway]

what is the problem, how do you know that the OP isn't going for a blow out on one outfit....if I hadn't been a bridesmaid for my sister's wedding OH had promised me a designer dress and I do not have a wardrobe full of those (well none to be precise...), I also have a pair of designer shoes in my wardrobe that were a present so my point is you know nothing about the OP's circumstances other than what she plans to wear for this wedding, if I had those shoes I would bloody well want to wear them whenever I could.

For what it is worth OP if I had cash to splash on a dress and an appropriate occassion I would be buying this from Hugo Boss doesn't look that special in the photo but seen it in the window in Westfield and thought it was gorgeous.

[MrsCampbellBlack]

Gosh OP - did you not realise on mn one is never allowed to spend more than £3 on a dress from primark or you're a snob. And heaven forbid you may be tall and slim - tut tut.

Seriously though could be worth a visit to Selfridges to see a personal shopper.

Or Reiss have some lovely dresses in at the moment and I think they cut well for tall/slim people.

This dress would look fab for a garden wedding and would work with your shoes

[ColonelBrandonsBiggestGroupie]

I saw that Reiss one irl today and it is very nice - sadly I'm too short and curvy for it!

[WhatsWrongWithYou]

Why don't you go somewhere like Liberty's or Harvey Nicks and have a personal shopping consultation?

[WhatsWrongWithYou]

This is gorgeous if you can carry off ruffles.