Dress for a funeral please

[AutumnshadesofGold]

My lovely grandad passed away during the night & his funeral is planned for mon/tues of next week.
Thing is I have nothing to wear - and I want to do him proud iyswim. I'm a 16, 5ft5 37yrs old and brunette if that helps . Can probably spend about £50? Am I being a bit hopeful? I looked in next today but found nothing
Any suggestions very very welcome

I would just go for something simple - a jacket always smartens an outfit up if you want to be smart.
Smartish trousers and a jumper/top and a nice scarf?

I know it's only BHS but this ebay keyhole shift is nice and you can do a buy it now.

Did you want black, dark or other ?(not everyone likes sombre clothes if the funeral is a celebration of a life well lived, which sounds like might be the case for your granddad).

This is nice and flattering. I'm same size, same age and also brunette.

here

It's got a nice textured pattern to make it more dressy/ less casual than the photos suggest

Sorry about your grandad as well.

sorry for your loss. I wore with black cigarette trousers and mid heeled ankle boots to a funeral last week.. it seemed about right compared to what others were wearing

white stuff top link again

I always forget people wear black to funerals
I never do

Joan that's lovely - just what I was looking for - my worry would be it either wouldn't fit or I would hate myself in it. I may go search BHS tmw in case they still have it.
Errol - I was probably looking for something dark; maybe gray, charcoal, black - you're right in that it will kind of be a celebration of a life well lived ( I like that phrase, thank you) and I don't feel an overwhelming need to be in top to toe black.

Viva - I tried that on in Next today but they had a 14 and 18 not a 16 in sight. Could try a different store tmw though
Tommy - youre right actually, I have a relatively new skirt and a smart blk fine knit jumper which could be improved dramatically with a new jacket
laska - I wish I could wear those trousers but I look ridiculous instead of chic.
Thanks for all your wishes - he was a fantastic granddad and a great great granddad to my kids - he is missed already x

Well Tommy I'm not sure black is always necessary, my granddad was 88 and had a fantastic full life - he was very fond of a bright yellow Pringle V-neck!

I haven't been to that many funerals - 7 - but in 5 of them, black or very dark was pretty much universal. It's obviously much more important that you turn up than that you wear black, but IMO wearing dark clothes rarely upsets anyone and it's what I would do unless specifically told otherwise by the chief mourner.

Worth asking around - a lot of people have a funeral outfit stashed away that they'd be willing to lend.

autumnshadesofgold - it sounds like it's going to be a real celebration of his life.

I wore a bright pink cardi to my Dad's funeral over a summer skirt. I go to lots of funerals and always try to look smart but not in black