Help with wedding 'dress' - clueless

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As it says really. In my 50's, short, dumpy. Usual attire bootcut jeans and skater type dress cos they're long and I make sure they're made of cotton. To complicate matters I can't wear shoes because of neuropathy so summer it's crocs and winter it's crocs boots :) I'm getting married in January and have no idea what to wear. If I could, I'd wear my usual but I gather that's not the done thing! TBH, OH will probably be smart/casual ie shirt instead of t-shirt, he'll still wear his DM's and black jeans I guess. Maybe I should embrace our old hippy look as a theme :) Any ideas?

Hi, give us more of a clue! What size and height are you, and do you have big boobs?

A friend of mine didn't suit a traditional western wedding dress either, so she got married in a silk salwar kameez outfit instead, a bit like this (the shirt bit might have been longer). They are available in lots of colours, obviously, including cream and white if you wanted to stick to traditional colours.

Would this sort of thing work for you? Friend also wore DMs on her feet, with gold laces.

5' 1", size 16 - only one not very big boob but I'll wear my falsie :) My problem is more that I'm broad, horrible legs and since I had treatment my hair won't grow properly so it's stuck short and wavy. Plus, I can't wear make up and my eyebrows won't grow back.

I'm lovely really...... just not 'feminine'.

That looks very pretty Thumbswitch, not sure what I'd wear on my feet tho!

If you had a large enough long enough skirt to a dress you could wear any footwear Iv seen uggs and trainers done (pretty white ones)

Could you manage these croc shoes? posts.mode.com/sponsored-post-look-comfortably-chic-in-crocs/

Or yes, there are always Uggs - they come in all sorts of styles now, with bling and everything if that's what you want! Fur, feathers, you name it.

Phase eight have so lovely floor length dresses. What colour do you think?

I think I would probably go for a woodland festival type wedding dress think maid Marian??

You could have a dress made exactly how you want and fit right in with the hippy theme

Wedding boots

Dress
Comfortable, if not very flattering dress

What colour do you want for your dress? At 50 you can say no to white

Ha, definitely slug.... we have 6 kids between us! Dress colours, I was thinking greens and/or burgundys. You've all given me some great ideas to start off with.......

http://www.polyvore.com/renaissancevelvettweddingdresssball/thing?id=65792191

Hope the link works, I was thinking something like this is beautiful?

And in January you could have a cape too! Jealous

What's your budget?

I think some sort of silk coat/tunic over trousers would be lovely, especially in those jewel colours. I will try and find the sort of thing I mean

That's certainly beautiful hairbrushbedhair, but just a bit over the top for me. I'm a very casual (scruffy) dresser usually so not sure I'll be comfortable going really dressy. Silk coat/tunic over trousers sounds like a possibility. And I forgot to mention, it's a January wedding in Scotland :)

Budget? Not going over the top.... I guess £250 max for whole outfit?

Love the first one right at the top.

Oooh do get that one. It's beautiful. I can see you in that....even though I can't see you lol

Warm too...just beautiful and you can get away with some comfy shoes in that dress.

Beautiful blouse Phase Eight

This would look nice with some wide leg trousers

beautiful jackets

Have a look at the website linked. Lots of lovely 'statement' jackets

Shibumi green coat

Shibumi cobalt coat