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

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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

My no longer to be MIL would look beautiful in that dress. I wouldn't have (had) a problem with her wearing it either. If I look half as good at her age as she does I'll be a happy lady!

What does it matter anyway what some random wears to her son's wedding? It's a beautiful dress.

I like it, probably not for the church but for a reception, definitely.

I quite like it! I'd be more than happy if my mum wore than to my wedding... as long as she doesn't wear a big white dress, so what? It's pale but nothing close to a wedding dress.

I have been to a couple of American weddings where that would be just perfect. It looks gold or light silver to me, not white.

The ceremonies in both cases were in the very late afternoon at hotels, with a cocktail hour, dinner, and dancing to follow. We were in evening dress for the entirety of both occasions.

I have also been to American weddings where the ceremony was in the middle of the day in churches with afternoon receptions, people wore smart suits and dresses to those just as they would to a church service, not evening wear.

It's a beautiful dress, and she will look perfect, as mother of the groom.

I'm baffled as to why this thread was started. Is the OP from Newcastle-upon-Tyne perhaps, and knows the reviewer? Very mean-spirited.

Another vote (as an American veteran of many weddings) that it's perfectly appropriate for an American wedding in the evening. We do tend to go a bit OTT in dressing for evening weddings, but it's balanced out by our not wearing birds' nests on our heads for afternoon ones.

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!

Agree with this.

I have no idea what your problem is OP. The dress is nothing like any wedding dress or bridesmaids dress I have ever seen.

Really quite mystified by the OP.

I like it. I think your MIL will look great in it!

It's a happy day for the MOG - let her enjoy it how she wants! What difference does it make to anybody else?

Pretty from the front. Deeply unflattering from the back, even the model wearing it looks an incredibly odd shape. Sounds appropriate for the type and location of wedding and even in the UK could probably be dressed down a bit for the daytime with hat and shrug or jacket.

That said- I can imagine various soap characters rocking up in something like that for the wedding of a rival, so I do see where OP is coming from!

I misread it, thought it said bacon dress and got all confused. I need to clean my glasses!

That's gorgeous. It doesn't look silver to me though, more champagne, so a tad close to ivory...

if I was 7lb lighter I'd buy the size 8

I think it's fine and would be especially smart with a small jacket. Traditional is so boring.

Not my style but don't see what's wrong with it. I don't think it looks like a wedding dress!!!?? if your renewing your vows maybe.. are you scared she's going to upstage you? Is that the problem?

It's a lovely dress,but so not suitable for mother of the groom. Or anyone at a wedding IMO.

It's a bit Jane MacDonald but rather inoffensive

Spangles The reviewer was the mother of a groom at a wedding in Long Island, New York. Quite a few American weddings are evening affairs with the ceremony starting at 6 or later and evening dress is the dress code. I have attended a couple of American weddings with guests wearing dresses like that and they have been entirely suitable.

For a morning church wedding in the UK? No it wouldn't be suitable.

My MIL wore a very old and faded brown skirt and top, which she'd had for years to ours, so compared to that it looks great to me!
She had a huge amount of clothes, including many more suitable and smart outfits, without buying anything new - I never did understand why she decided to wear that. I almost wonder if she was expecting us to pay for a new outfit, and wore that to make a point (she was not well off, but nor were we, but for some reason age always seemed to think we were rolling in it!).

I thought the same until I saw that the wedding was in America. Whilst looking for wedding outfits for myself I noticed that motb outfits were often full length and very gaudy. Must be what's acceptable over there.

Seems fine to me.
However, having seen bridezillas weeping over napkin shades, I'd say that this is average bonkers-bride stress inducing.
Buy future MIL a potato sack, just in case someone looks at her. And ensue that the bride is wearing McQueen, in case of jealousy issues.

think if you wore that to someone else's wedding, let alone your adult sons, you would look like a right attention seeking prat
Lovely
Don't see anything wrong with it.

think if you wore that to someone else's wedding, let alone your adult sons, you would look like a right attention seeking prat

whereas starting this thread makes the OP look like...

Well, to me it's a slinky, sequined evening dress and so not something I'd expect a wedding guest to wear, but judging by the comments, that's simply because I'm clueless about Long Island weddings. More, as someone said, something Shirley Bassey would wear.