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To think people don't seem to recognise the difference between evening wear and wedding clothes any more ?

246 replies

BetsyBidwell · 22/09/2013 08:24

(Disclaimer yes it doesn't matter compared to Syria , I do get out a lot, yes the bride and groom were lovely , etc etc)

Day wedding yesterday. Just too much tit. Too much bare top halves. Shiny cocktail dresses in a country church.

Just too much.

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BookFairy · 22/09/2013 09:56

SPs Dotty Ps has a "fit and flare" skater type dress :)

I went to a wedding evening do a couple of years ago and most of the other female guests were orange, had giant bouffant hair pieces, and a LOT of boob/thigh-age happening. It was a shame, as they were all attractive aside from the drunkeness .

mylittlesunshine · 22/09/2013 09:56

Hassled I think that dress is lovely and great for a wedding!

Can someone check mine, paranoid now...

www.tedbaker.com/women%27s/women%27s_clothing/dresses/list.aspx#page=2&styCode=105501&colRef=30-DARK%20GREEN&path=/women's/women's%20clothing/dresses/

Hassled · 22/09/2013 09:58

Oh thank you thank you - but I should have added I'm 47. Not too mutton? And what colour shoes?

Hassled · 22/09/2013 09:58

mylittlesunshine - link doesn't work for me

mylittlesunshine · 22/09/2013 09:59

Ooh that's rubbish don't think it works, never mind.

Trills · 22/09/2013 10:01

Hassled your dress is lovely.

BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability · 22/09/2013 10:01

Is this thread going to have to move to s&b? Grin

Mylittlesunshine, yours is fine too. Although I'm getting jealous that others have things to go to and lovely dresses to buy and I have aaaages til anything nice!

ThePuffyShirt · 22/09/2013 10:03

Arf at Peruvian smuggler's bun doughnuts! I wish women would realise you need thick enough hair to cover these monstrosities. (And that no one looks good with a mahoosive bun atop their head)

BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability · 22/09/2013 10:05

It didnt work for me either, I googled the name of it :)

MairzyDoats · 22/09/2013 10:06

mylittlesunshine your dress is lovely, I think the fabric is wonderful.

Trills · 22/09/2013 10:07

Why are the doughnuts suddenly right on top of the head? What's that all about?

whogrewoutoftheterribletwos · 22/09/2013 10:07

A friend of mine was a bridesmaid at her sister's wedding recently. Her family live far away and her mum was organising all the pre-wedding guff. My friend started panicking after her mum told her 'and I've booked your spray-tan', but if the bride wants orange, the bride wants orange!

BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability · 22/09/2013 10:08

Fortys bloom printed dress. Black or pink? I like both though

blibblibs · 22/09/2013 10:08

Link worked for me mylittlesunshine. Perfect dress for a wedding - love it.

Trills · 22/09/2013 10:10

I don't have enough hair to cover one of those doughnuts.

mylittlesunshine · 22/09/2013 10:10

The darker one its a really dark green colour

Oldraver · 22/09/2013 10:13

I saw a wedding party going through town to the local social club. They all looked like a downmarket Fat Gypsy Wedding goers. Short, short, not really covering the knickers very well tight dresses with a layer of see through chiffon billowing behind. It didnt look good on the younger ones never mind the much older orange guests.

They didnt quite stop the traffic but did get a few WTF looks

SchnitzelVonKrumm · 22/09/2013 10:22

Americans wear evening dress for weddings. I've been to a few British or Irish person marrying Yank type dos at which half the guests were attired in shift dresses and big hats (the Irish are still impeccably turned out for formal events IME) and half in spangled floor-length gowns with a split to the thigh. One was in a field near Bristol with cider served from barrels, the American guests were very confused Grin.

wilkos · 22/09/2013 10:24

I was at a christening last weekend where 3 younger cousins of the christening mum wore tight, only just bottom skimming dresses with stripper shoes. They looked ridiculous tottering into church clinging onto people, pews etc to save themselves from ending up on the floor. Me and sister were Shock and a bit Sad that girls these days always feel they have to look sexy and "up for it" regardless of the event or venue.

BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability · 22/09/2013 10:25

Oo, even better mylittle, i love dark green dresses!

wilkos · 22/09/2013 10:25

Oh god... "girls these days" I AM my mother Grin

Oldraver · 22/09/2013 10:28

Hasled..the dress is lovely...even though I'm not a fan of nude shoes...would they contrast with the top part of the dress (or a colour to match the top part)

NuggetofPurestGreen · 22/09/2013 10:28

How short is too short?? I tend to wear short dresses and cover my top half. Don't wear sleeveless dresses and normally have a cardigan in any case. But my dresses tend to stop probably just covering thighs, 3 inches about knee. I do have nice legs though! And the dresses are tight or anything just shift style.

NuggetofPurestGreen · 22/09/2013 10:30

Oh I and I always wear black but I've already had that argument on another thread Grin

NuggetofPurestGreen · 22/09/2013 10:31

aren't tight.