Where else for dresses please? Usual suspects are a bit MEH

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I'm looking for a dress to get married in, but not a wedding dress IYSWIM.

Very very very low key wedding and I just want to look nice, not bridal.

I have actually bought this one from Coast but I just feel it's a bit, well, meh. Particularly as I need to wear something on my arms (September wedding, cold!) and boleros and shrugs are just a bit weird aren't they? And like I said, I think I want to look a bit less bridal.

I've exhausted:

John Lewis
Monsoon
Coast
Boden
LadyV
Vivienne of Holloway

Nada, nowt, zilch.

Where else is there for interesting occasion dresses?

I'm a size 16 with a belly which rules out lots of 'fashion' type places.

Etsy ?

House of Fraser
Debenhams

20th century foxy is great for well made flattering dresses.

I know you've said Coast but did you see this one?

This LK Bennett dress looks a bit dull but I suspect if it fit well it would be really flattering

AlliumB

Someone posted a link to this place yesterday. although I am not currently in the market for any kind of a dress, I liked it do much I bookmarked it.

Also

Get Cutie
Tiger Milly

Nougat

and Yanny

Again the fit would need to be right, but the second one could look great?

ooh some lovely suggestions, thank you!

I think I've got dress blindness now.

I quite like that Nougat one actually, but it would still need a cardi bolero or something wouldn't it?

this is a beautiful top?

Maybe worn with a pale pink skirt?

I'd get one of those little white fake fur shoulder thingies, that would go with that Nougat dress. And just be cold

www.bravissimo.com/pepperberry/products/sale/dresses/occasion-and-party-dresses/embroidered-stripe-dress/cream/pd187cre/?show=all

Phase Eight have some gorgeous evening dresses that could double as a wedding dress. This is beautiful

Dig for Victory

anthropology? you have to wade through the hippy shit but they do have some lovely dresses

Have you thought about hiring a designer frock from somewhere like www.girlmeetsdress.com ?

Tethers, that was the first dress I considered it's absolutely beautiful. But out of my price range and too risky to order made to measure with 3 weeks to go.

I'm going to an outdoor event straight after the ceremony so I'm looking for a shorter dress that won't get dragged in the mud.

Love that AliumB site.

I also discovered & Other Stories on here today. I wish I was shaped like an architect (see the 'I want to dress like an architect' thread!) instead of being shaped like an Italian Nonna.

I also like some of the anthropologie stuff but their sizing is on the skimpy side.

hiring could be fine but there's only 5 in size 16 on that site (and mainly purple!).

this?