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

I like it but you'd need to be tall and slender to look good in it. Or you'd need to be Bassey, as a pp said.

The review has been removed, I suspect the reviewer is a mumsnetter and read this thread, as I think it would be proactively removed only if the reviewer requested. The timing would indicate it to be so.That's such a shame.

Hope you're feeling proud op.

It's a lovely dress. Maybe more evening than wedding but maybe there was a dress code (as seems to be the way these days).

I had a similar one actually about a zillion years ago when I was mid 20s (long long ago), skinny as a rake (distant memory), large of boobage (also a dustsnt memory) and rather tall (still am). I scrubbed up well in those days...

Oh I see. I found the review and you are being ageist. Brilliant fun.

here's the review so you can stop reading this thread;
Beautiful Dress
05 April 2016
Mo457Age:55-64
Location:Newcastle upon Tyne
Bought this for my son's wedding in Long Island this summer. The dress is a perfect fit, and perfect length with high heels. The dress is stunning and so comfortable to wear. Friends have all said it is a beautiful dress. Very pleased with the purchase and quick delivery by John Lewis.

Beautiful dress.

Lot of jealous comments here.
Lot of MIL bashing too.
Why do women criticise other women - men don't do it to each other.

Let's hope the person concerned hasn't read this. I would be totally devastated if I was her and saw these comments. As my son says "savage".

Well I like it...

Blimey though now i am shopping on there- this is lovely for a wedding as a cover up if it gets chilly
m.johnlewis.com/jacques-vert-cinched-waist-kimono-jacket-ivory/p/3240623

LardLizard Thu 22-Jun-17 21:03:35
I think if you wore that to someone else's wedding, let alone your adult sons, you would look like a right attention seeking prat

It's a lovely dress. She's less attention-seeking than YOU. Is a bitchy thread the best you can do?

bluntness, it hasn't been removed?

It's lovely. Perfect dress for a formal American wedding. Which, in Long Island, it probably was.

Hellothereitsme... too true. Can only surmise that they have self-esteem issues because if they have to get their kicks from picking on somebody's dress or looks, they have a problem - and it's not a little one either. Urgh.

I don't know why some women do this but it's horrid.

LardLizard Thu 22-Jun-17 21:50:16
Lol you guys
I said it was mean !!

Are you a sad troll?  You sound ever so pleased with yourself for some reason.  Pathetic.

I'd be fine if my MIL wore that :S

Eh, who says the wedding is in Long Island.

Yes, it is an attention seeking dress.

My mum is a size 10-12 and relatively straight up and down, she would look great in a dress like that for something formal tbh.

Sweet - the reviewer does

Eh, who says the wedding is in Long Island - eh, the person who bought the dress - in the review which they left on Debenhams site?

I suspect the people saying it is an attention-seeking dress, unsuitable for MOG, competing with the bride etc have never been to an afternoon/evening formal US wedding! This is exactly the kind of thing which the MOB/MOG wear!

Oooooh meow! Saucer of milk or what?

Green eyed monsters lurk everywhere. I think it looks lovely for the motg to wear.

I like it, there is nothing wrong with it at all, it is lovely. Team it with a hat or fascinator or something.

That's nothing - I was looking at cheap bridal dresses on amazon (went with a £10 non - bridal dress in the end for my wedding).

I was looking at a lovely satin dress (the kind that nips you in at the waist and then you put petticoats under to puff out the bottom) that came in different colours for just a formal/bridesmaid look but really did look like a wedding dress in the ivory colour - lots of brides singing it's praises in the reviews - and there was a review from a woman who'd worn it in ivory to her son's wedding. Cringe!

Its very nice and has probably been chosen because the mother of the bride knows it suitable for the occasion.

I wouldn't choose it myself, but I don't think there's anything obviously wrong with it.

I don't think your average Long Island bride would be aggrieved by this choice.

It's a lovely dress. More evening than wedding in my eyes, but depending on the dress code perfectly acceptable.

It doesn't look anything like a wedding dress. How bizarre.