anyone seen any good wedding dresses for older brides?.

[MrsHenryWood]

Am early 40s and have no desire to be mutton dressed as lamb...still looking for the trad white number, but not sleeveless and / or backless - anyone seen anything good?

hmmm..I got married aged 38 and don't hink i looked like mutton...in my sleeveless number
do you look your age?? what is your dress sense like normally?

Sleeveless is not a good look for me - I think that some people could look good in this style at 60, Dropdeadfred, and I'm sure that you looked splendid, but it never even suited me at 20 when I had a very good figure.

Tbh, I don't even think that it suits half of the models in the magazines who model the dresses.

Uusally I don't do frills or furbelows, and like elegant, plain stuff in simple materials (not lace, for example.)

Go vintage. They're often a lot more 'covered-up', but also unique.

When i got married i didnt want strapless as i was very skinny then and it didn't suit me. i found that almost all off the peg wedding dresses are strapless, so i looked at evening wear, found a style i liked and had it made for me.

It was ivory crepe, very plain, cut on the bias with a fishtail skirt. Beading around the neck, long sleeves with buttons ( winter wedding and to hide my scrawny arms)

it was freezing and i wish i had gone for a fur cape lined with velvet or satin as well

tiny flower girl had red fur coat trimmed with fur and white fur muff and she was toasty

this?

this?

beautiful

this Coast one?

for me it was important to wear something that suited me and i felt comfortable in, rather than strapless, white, lacy, sparkly and with a huge skirt, which was the compulsory standard wedding dress when I got married

i think there is a larger variety of styles now on the market. Agree that vintage or vintage styles are a good way to go

remember that if your dress is very plain it needs to be very good quality fabric, drape beautifully and be properly cut and fitted

check out here for details about styles other than long white dresses

when are you actually getting married - what shape are you?

Thanks Kristina and KikiJane; will investigate both vintage and evening dress options.

I like the 2nd one a lot, vintageteacups;I was planning an extravagant made to measure number but maybe I could save a pile of cash here...

Do any of these vintage dresses appeal?

Will prob be a summer wedding (no date set at the mo) and I am average height and an hourglass figure (albeit with more sand in the glass than I'd like), currently size 14 and am aiming to be a size 12 by time of wedding.

Can't do drapey, floppy stuff; needs to be fitted. Maxi dresses make me look like the proverbial potato sack; not structured enough.

How about a 50s'-style Vivien of Holloway dress? Fitted, pretty, lovely for an hourglass figure.

You also get a matching bolero if you want to cover your arms.

this coat dress?

hmm, sadly I can't do those swingy fifties skirts, and top is a little fussy for me, although would be fine without the rosette.

Was thinking full length (I don't have great calves or ankles)

here?

long and wouldn't be strapless with bolero

do you defo want bridal colour or not fussed?

Ok, a little clearer now. Fitted, full length, nothing too drapey, fussy or lacey. Not sleeveless or backless.

stunning!

Am i getting close?????

Monsoon bridal range is usually very lovely and not too over the top.

I had a Monsoon WD for my wedding in October, I`m forty. It was beautiful and felt gorgeous to wear!