South Asian wedding wear and breastfeeding fail

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I have a friends wedding coming up at the end of the summer and I'm still EBF DC and will likely be during the course of the wedding. Why oh why is it so difficult to find breastfeeding friendly Indian / Pakistani wedding outfits!!! I have been scouring the internet and seems my only option is to buy unstitched and find someone to sew me some buttons on the top. Feels like such a big gap in the market, has anyone else had any luck with this?

my friends mom sewed zips on both sides so she could lift and feed from each side
it was amZing how easy she found it.

@bungletru that's a smart thing to do, I've seen this in a lot of nursing tops online. But again it's the faff of having to sew / alter. I feel so restricted in choice of clothing, I used to love dressing up in Asian clothes for a wedding and this is the first wedding after so long too but it's feeling more stressful atm

saree? blouses mostly have buttons down the front.... very easy to feed. practically designed for feeding lol

I actually hate all Asian wedding clothes now with kids as they’re so scratchy and I worry I’ll scratch the baby! What I would personally do is start expressing for a wedding stash or wear something loose and lift up or as pp suggested button down clothes with functional buttons. I actually don’t think this is a problem with just asian clothes, non Asian occasion dresses aren’t bf friendly either so I can’t even suggest any of those. I have breastfed all 3 of my kids and understand the frustration but there are ways of getting around it.

I have just seen it’s a friend’s wedding, that would actually be easier than a close family’s as you’re not going to be expected to go with a colour scheme/particular design? I would personally find something unstitched and find a good tailor to make a bf friendly outfit, there are so many more elegant unstitched outfits compared to the ready made ones and most likely cheaper too just takes some planning. Hopefully you will find something and please don’t stress about it although I completely understand!

Some fabrics are so itchy, go for unstitched chiffon and get it sewn

I think you're all right, unstitched is the way to go moving forward. I hate how many outfits have pretend buttons, gives me such false hope and it would be the easiest fix. I've found a couple of good tailors now so will definitely use them going forward.

For one of the events, I bought a monsoon embellished midi dress that has a wrap neckline. I got some trousers stitched and matched a scarf I already have, so that worked out fairly well to make a full outfit. Though the dress was in sale, full priced I could probably buy two Asian outfits, and I figured I can wear it again as an English outfit in the future.