Mum thinks this dress isn't right for wedding

[confusedmummy123]

Going to a wedding in a couple weeks. Saw a gorgeous bardot dress, loved it, fiance loved it so ordered it and I love it in real life too. However I sent a pic to my mum who just texted back "I don't like it for a wedding" then didn't say why or anymore? Am I breaking some kind of etiquette? Clueless about these things. Most weddings I've been too I've been the bridesmaid or the bride and don't have a clue how guests dressed. I do remember a wedding a few years back where I wore a red polka dot dress. Don't know if that was breaking any etiquette rules. I do believe that mother likes that dress though! I will attach a pic of the dress!

Crikey.

15 pages and 2 posts from the OP.None today.

I think she's gone out to buy a dress. :)

Exactly this @22Giraffes I bet if rather than her mother @confusedmummy123 asks the bride what she thinks she wouldn’t have a problem with it at all.

Ah, that dress is repulsive!

Go for a wrap dress, OP.

Not the most formal wedding attire, but the perk is that they’re easily translatable from weddings to work to dinner date, so if you’re worried about what you buy sitting in your cupboard collecting dust, a wrap dress is the way to go.

I'm here. Been to work and sorting the children's tea and homework now. I love it but can see why some may think not great for a wedding. When I've looked all the ones I can see seem a bit mumsy.

Have you looked at any of the dresses we’ve suggested here, @confusedmummy123 ?

I don’t think all summer dresses are mumsy

I might be in my 60s but I do help Dd if she is struggling in putting stuff together. And she has been complemented on her style

OP, I see this has been picked up the grotty papers now......

Too casual, too short, looks like a very cheap beach cover up. Sorry but you did ask.

Just because something isn't revealing doesn't make it mumsy. What about this?

What do you mean it's been picked up?

@confusedmummy123 www.newsweek.com/wedding-dress-debate-etiquette-tradition-inappropriate-1700956

It usually means some journalist trawling Mnet for stories has picked up your thread and it's now also out there in a tabloid. Usually The Mail although I can't see it at the moment. Maybe @Lifeisforalimitedperiodonly will come back and tell you.

For the beach yes but definitely not a wedding, unless you want to draw attention to yourself.

Gosh talk about a slow news day if they have done that. I've picked another dress now. I don't think I dare to post a picture on here though, lol!

Ok dress but not for a wedding

As long as you love it and it’s not a white/cream lace dress you’ll look lovely I’m sure @confusedmummy123 . I wasn’t going to share this but why not, this is what my DD wore to her cousin’s wedding. I have asked my niece whether she was upset/offended or felt it was inappropriate and she said not at all and she thought she looked lovely. The only person that commented on the day was my niece’s gran, my brother’s ex MIL and I never liked her anyway. My ex SIL was fine with the dress too. Here goes…

What about something like this? Pretty little thing or asos.

As everyone has said , far too casual . You could add a pashmina or some kind of shawl and wear it with tights if you really can’t afford anything else ? The length could only really be carried off if you’re quite short. It’s a lovely dress though….for other occasions .

Defo too casual for a wedding: that’s a holiday chill type dress. It’s lovely but not right for a formal event like a wedding !

It’s very pretty but definitely more of a summer holiday/drinks in a beer garden kind of dress rather than a wedding

I think it's way too short and way too casual.

Off the shoulder dresses should only be for the bride if that is what they choose.

Why should they only be for the bride?

I can't get over all this "oh you couldn't possibly wear that in a church" posts. Are you really that old fashioned in the UK? What about the 60s/70s where people were wearing short dresses? When I was a teen the woman in my town who wore the shortest skirts was the vicar's wife.

Anyway, didn't the OP say it wasn't a church wedding?

Is it from Sh*? When it arrives it will be the quality and substance of a crumpled tissue. Not suitable for a wedding, as per previous posters.

What about the 60s/70s where people were wearing short dresses?
It's absolutely nothing to do with the dress being short. Just that it looks cheap and nasty and completely inappropriate for a wedding