Is this unflattering for a bridesmaid?

[Froum]

My bridesmaids range in size from 8 to 12. No one happens to be plus size.

Would this dress flatter most of the women do you reckon?

We are late 20s

i have chosen to show the image of the plus size model as I think it highlights that it works on bigger sizes. What do you think?

You really need to be very willowy with a bias cut dress like that - especially in that fabric. Your dress underwear would need to be very carefully thought out. The colour is nice though.

It would crease up and look terrible in photos but I also think you should be asking the opinion of the people who will be wearing them.

Horrific style and material, won’t flatter anyone at all. The only good thing going for it is the colour.

11 pages of comments but wanted to say colour might not be so good on a pale skinned person - model is tanned

I agree, I'm afraid. ⬆️

She's going to ensure that the bridesmaids use self tan.

I think the trouble is that the things you find ‘matronly’ have more structure and are more wearable for more body types. The structure also makes them more practical and wearable for a long day.

I find strict colour scheme weddings really old fashioned and don’t work outside of the cover of Hello, so what you’re imagining might not happen in real life anyway.

You have you be less rigid in style and colour scheme.

Also re tanning, skin colour from Indian heritage (with cool pink undertones) would look beautiful with the mauve colour but fake tan is almost always yellow/orange based which won’t look or feel nice at all.

I'd definitely tell the bride to shove it if I was expected to use fake tan!

I think OP addressed this earlier. Her BMs are happy to do so. Her wording was clumsy. She said "all the bridesmaids have faked tanned at one point or another."

I was once asked to grow my hair and also to get a padded bra. I didn't do either.

Fake tan nearly always looks fake. Better to get a colour that suits their natural skin tone.

Personally I love this dress and see no issues with it for your bridesmaids.

I don't get why people are not ok with the bridesmaids fake tanning.
The OP knows them well.
If they fake tan anyway, then what's the issue?

Exactly! It’s incredibly rude to ask someone to change their appearance to suit a wedding

Its horrible

You only like those two dresses?? Are you trying to make your bridesmaids look bloody awful? 🤣

Jesus Christ 🤯

OMG @Froum I know that brides don't want their bridesmaids to look better than them, but this is taking the piss! That is a fugly nasty dress! 😬 I would refuse to be a bridesmaid if I was expected to wear THAT monstrosity!

And on the first pic you put on (with the so called 'plus size' woman who is about a size 14-16,) it looks horrific.

Just NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

WTAF?! Seriously, you'd get a short shrift from me if you told me to change my skin colour to match someone elses. You can't be serious! 😱

Some people are very easily triggered by a dress, aren’t they?

To be fair OP you asked mumsnet a question and posters have given their honest opinions. I don't think there is any ill will in your replies. If I wasn't sure about an outfit & asked for opinions & the result was the same as the opinions here I would be disappointed if I genuinely liked it. I would also accept the views of the people I asked & probably reconsider my choice. I wouldn't assume over 90% of people were being nasty,just honest.

Agreed. I love the colour, not a fan of the style of the dress in the OP. @Froum I really dislike the use of the word “trigger” because you are devaluing the actual meaning of the word and in doing so you are, unintentional or not, belittling those who do feel triggered by things that have an adverse effect on their mental heath and wellbeing.

The asymmetrical seams on the dress look like it’s faulty as well.

I think it’s rude to call something “flouncy”. Besides, opinions are subjective. For instance, I don’t think someone in their late 20s is a young woman. It might seem like that to someone in their late 40s etc. but a 10 year old would think that you’re old.

😂

Have you shown the bridesmaids the dress yet, @Froum ?