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DS Christening in June- help with outfit please!

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PossetFeatures · 03/05/2011 13:39

DSs Christening is taking place in June and I need some advice on what to wear, and what the etiquette is for dressing for a church event (normally would just wear smart-casual everyday clothes for Sunday service, the church where christening is taking place is fairly laidback when it comes to what people wear!).

I'm 5ft 5, size 10-12 and youngish (27), and am usually quite interested in fashion (Elle, InStyle reader), but want to 'get it right' etiquette-wise whilst looking fairly stylish (I quite often go for quite quirky clothes).

Can any budding fashionistas help me at all please?!

  • If I were to wear a dress, how short would be acceptable (not thinking bum-skimming by the way, but above knee)
  • What about tailored shorts and a nice blouse/top?
  • What about a maxi dress, would that be acceptable?
  • I normally love wearing high heels, but observation of church is that the floor is lethally shiny and slippy, so really high heels might be dangerous when carrying baby DS (and embarrassing if I stacked it!)
  • Quite happy to consider something classy and timeless but 'young', or something a bit more 'out there', I really am open to suggestions and have no fear of looking dated in photos! Grin

My budget is about £60, not including shoes- can anyone help me please?!

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TethersEnd · 03/05/2011 18:34

I don't know about church etiquette, but I would avoid shorts and a blouse- I think a couple of inches above the knee is ok for a dress but don't do legs and cleavage, make it either/or, and I would wear heels anyway Grin

How about something like

Blue?

Draped?

Pale pink which you could clash with orange or green

Bright patterned

PossetFeatures · 03/05/2011 19:01

Oooh I do like the draped dress TethersEnd and I could wear it again too, thanks. The blue one looks good too- I have blonde hair and that kind of blue always goes well Smile

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