Posh wedding - style me please

[Pleasemrstweedie]

Weve been invited to a very posh wedding in a stately home overlooking the Thames at the end of July. I haven't got the faintest idea where to begin.

I am 5'5", size 16 top and size 12 bottom, large boobs and good legs.

My usual style is mad cat lady, but I'm desperate not to let the side down on this one.

Where do I start?

Posh people look posh because they can afford to pay a lot for their clothes. If you can't afford to pay a lot then you need to be clever.
A dress and coat is slimming and streamlined.
Think of what Kate Middletons's Mother wore at her wedding. Or you can't go far wrong if you google Kate Middletons's dresses.
I don't think very short skirts or bare shoulders look good on most people so I would avoid them. Also you need to be comfortable, otherwise you will be pulling at your clothes all day.
So I would buy a dress. There are lots of beautiful patterned ones about and put a plain long coat in a contrasting colour over the top of it. I would wear a hat, as it is a posh do. You can find them in Dress agency's fairly easily as no one wears them afterwards. Matching or contrasting shoes and bag and you are finished.
I wore a OX blood large hat, a patterned figure hugging dress with Ox blood splashes in the pattern, a OX blood long coat cardigan/ coat, and Dark green shoes and matching handbag, at a wedding fairly recently. Although it was a Spring Wedding.
Sounds nice your Wedding. I hope you have a nice time.

Thank you.

I should also have said I am 60, so no short skirts or bare shoulders for me!

You are welcome. I also meant to say that your hair should be very sleek. It helps with the overall look of neatness. Think of Jackie Onnassis. No frizzy perms and roots showing!
I am sure you want to be more Jackie than Katie Price, anyway.
The Duchess of Windsor was no oil painting but she had style. You can't really buy style.
For instance poor old Princess Ann, with all her money still looks like a bag of spanners. Ill assorted and messy. Princess Alexandra is always stylish.
The Queen, Princess Margaret and their Mother hadn't got a clue. Eugene and her sister and Mother are without style.
So you can still be moderately well off or poor and have style.
Jackets that hang from the shoulders waterfall style conceal a big bust.
I like navy blue. Dark colours slim you.

oooo what sort of money do you want to spend any colours particularly good/horrible for you?

Sorry just to say as someone who has a very big bust that jackets which hang loose 'waterfall style' most certainly don't conceal it but make me look like a huge ship in full sail! A bit of definition is always more flattering.

What's your budget, what have you already got that you'd like to use (bag, shoes, jewelry), what colors suit you / make you feel comfortable?

Bit more detail needed - budget, colours?

When you say posh do you actually mean posh or do you mean dressy?

Is it their stately home?