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

[MrsPorth]

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.

[Bluntness100]

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.

[originalbiglymavis]

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...

[ChickyChickyChoccy]

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

[ChickyChickyChoccy]

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.

[Hellothereitsme]

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".

[originalbiglymavis]

Well I like it...

[ChickyChickyChoccy]

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

[LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726]

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?

[Orangebird69]

bluntness, it hasn't been removed?

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

[LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726]

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.

[LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726]

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

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

[ShowMeWhatYouGot]

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

[SweetLuck]

Eh, who says the wedding is in Long Island.

Yes, it is an attention seeking dress.

[TriJo]

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.

[Orangebird69]

Sweet - the reviewer does

[unfortunateevents]

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!

[GahBuggerit]

Oooooh meow! Saucer of milk or what?

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

[Aeroflotgirl]

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

[BlurryFace]

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!

[Rhubarbginisnotasin]

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

[GloriaGilbert]

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.

[LaurieMarlow]

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.