To think this isn't really a suitable dress for mother of the groom ?

[LardLizard]

Here

Just been looking at this dress, and I know this is mean but read the review and someone bought it for her sons wedding !!

Wtf

[LucyFuckingPevensie]

Why would anyone who wears a dress like that be attention seeking ? its an ok dress, I don't love it or hate it.
If my mil wore it at our wedding I wouldn't be bothered either way, but then I quite like my mil.

[Sophiealice95]

I love it she must have a great figure(at least I hope she did lol) and if she got it then why not flaunt it

[Goodythreeshoes]

If I had the figure to wear it - I don't - any one of my sons would be proud of their mum to wear such a fabulous outfit.
I don't understand the spite to be honest.

[mydietstartsmonday]

Looks fine for a more black tie wedding, to me. I quite like it.

[MyFavouriteName]

I don't get it. I mean if my MIL wore it to my wedding I wouldn't have been impressed as it would have been inappropriate and attention seeking at my kind of wedding. But, as many have pointed out, it was for a Long Island wedding which is a formal black tie event so it's seems perfect for that. Why are you ignoring all the comments about that?

[skiploom]

It's better than what my family turned up in...they were all in black!
They still maintain that they do approve of my husband really

[Dishwashersaurous]

Looks perfect for a black tie wedding. And it's in the sale.

Wish I had a black tie do to go to

[phoenix1973]

I like that.

[bridgetreilly]

Looks perfectly fine to me. It's not white. It's not even ivory. It's definitely not a wedding dress.

[Rescuepuppydaft2]

That is gorgeous and perfect for a black tie wedding in Long Island! It would look lovely with a little fitted silver blazer or a wrap! Its not white or cream, its not big skirted like some wedding dresses. My cousins (MIL) wife's mother bought the exact same dress as her daughter (the bride) in a different colour (champagne rather than ivory/ white) she spent the wedding acting like she was the bride, now that was wrong on SO many levels!

When I bought my wedding dress and my Mum picked her outfit, the ladies in the shop were lovely. But they told us about a bride who had been in that day and chosen a beautiful wedding dress. Her Mother (very attractive cabaret singer) then proceeded to pull out one of the glitziest (wedding) dresses for herself. The daughter looked heartbroken and horrified, so the women in the shop, (whilst looking horrified) told her that she was looking at wedding dresses and the dresses for mother of the bride were in the other room! She tried to insist, but they had given the bride the confidence to stand up for herself and she burst into tears and asked her Mum why on earth she wanted to outshine her, on the one day that was meant to be about her. As she was with her bridesmaids and her Father, the Mother bowed to her daughters wishes and bought a lovely but more traditional Mother of the Bride outfit. I think there are definitely narcissist parents who try to outshine brides, but this dress is no more going to outshine the bride than any of the other female guests in cocktail dresses!

[GERTgert06]

The first thing I thought of when I saw it was - "American Wedding". Some are surprisingly formal.

[FluffyPineapple]

I wouldn't wear it, personally (Too bloody fat!) but each to their own. I've seen a lot worse....

[Allthebestnamesareused]

Friends had a New Year's Eve evening wedding, black tie, in Uk. Would have been entirely appropriate.

I thought it was going to be the pink M&S number!

[LynetteScavo]

Appropriate or not it's not flattering in the model so I can only imagine it would look awful on a regular mortal.

[BertrandRussell]

First time I've ever seen s mil bashing thread where the mil concerned was so far removed as to be a faceless person on a shilling site!

Incidentally, talking about the mil in black- there was a thread recently where lots of people swore blind that it was absolutely fine to wear all black to a wedding and they personally always did.......

[Corcory]

People wear long evening dresses at American weddings, especially at a non church affair. I wouldn't personally go for something silver/white though as it's too near a wedding dress n colour and there's a sort of unwritten rule that you don't wear white to a wedding unless your the bride!

[kmc1111]

Looks like totally standard mother of the bride/groom fare to me, down to the awful mix of lace and sequins.

[Mius]

Iv not seen anything wrong with it. If you got the figure to handle that dress why not? Ppl just jealousy that dress could steal the thunder of the bride probably lol

[Sparklingbrook]

I don't get the angst about what people wear to weddings. It's not hard to work out who the bride is regardless of what anyone else is wearing.

[PGOAT]

I'm American and my mom wore something slinky and sparkly to my wedding. She had the body for it and she looked amazing. Weddings in America are completely different to here. Our wedding started at 7 pm (for everyone). Men wore black tie and women wore long gowns or cocktail dresses. Sorry OP that you can't understand anyone who would do anything differently to you. I think that's sad.

[Saiman]

I have been to a few weddings in the US. This is fairly standard outfit.

Dont see the issue at all

[EvilDoctorBallerinaDuck]

I wouldn't wear it in the church. For a posh party, yes.

[ImListening]

I love Gina Bacconi dresses. I have several in my wardrobe. Wear them to weddings - perfectly appropriate to wear to that kind of wedding. Wearing a long Gina number next week to a black tie wedding. This dress would not be out of place.